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HISTORY 

OF THE 

Real Daughters of the American Revolution 

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
was formally organized in Washington, D. C, October ii, 1890. The 
first President General was Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, wife of the Presi- 
dent of the United States. 

The Society was one direct result of the great wave of patriotism 
that preceded the World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-93. 

The objects of the Society, as set forth in the Constitution, are: 

(i) "To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and 
women who achieved xA.merican independence by the acquisition and pro- 
tection of historic spots, and the erection of monuments; by the encour- 
agement of historical research in relation to the Revolution, and the 
publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, 
and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers 
and patriots, and by the celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries. 

(2) "To carry out the injunction of Washington in his Farewell 
Address to the American people, 'to promote, as an object of primary im- 
portance, institutions for the general dififusion of knowledge,' thus devel- 
oping an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such 
advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing 
the duties of American citizens. 

(3) "To cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American 
freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in se- 
curing for mankind all the blessings of liberty." 

The following section defines eligibility: 

"Any woman may be eligible for membership who is of the age of 
eighteen years, and who is descended from a man or woman who, with 
unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of independence; 
from a recognized patriot, a soldier or sailor or civil officer in one of the 
several Colonies or States, or of the United Colonies or States ; provided 
that the applicant be acceptable to the Society." 

The first work suggested for the young society was the completion 
of the monument to Mary Ball Washington, mother of General George 
Washington, at Fredericksburg, Va., which had l>een left in an unfinished 
condition for many years, A resolution embodying this suggestion was 



adopted at the meeting for organization. (The stately monument was 
unveiled May lo, 1894, after the Daughters of the American Revolution 
had raised nearly $10,000 towards the fulfillment of the purpose.) 

At the same meeting, a resolution was also adopted providing for an 
exhibit of Colonial and Revolutionary relics at the World's Fair in Chi- 
cago, 1892-93. (This project was also carried out. The exhibit was un- 
der the special care of the Chicago Chapter, D. A. R., which had been 
formed in the meantime. Local Chapters were speedily organized, all 
over the country.) y 

At the meeting of the Society held December 11, 1890, it was stated 
that there were still living, a number of widows of Revolutionary heroes; 
also, two daughters of Revolutionary heroes. It was agreed by the So- 
ciety that they should be admitted as life members of the Society. This 
was the same meeting at which it was announced that the formal organi- 
zation of the Society was now complete. 

Following are the names of the Revolutionary widows living in 1890, 
as found on the United States pension list, and read at the meeting: 

Lovey Aldrich, Jackson, Michigan, age 90 years, widow of Caleb 
Aldrich, N. H. and R. I. troops. 

Elizabeth Betz, Harrisburg, Pa., age 87, widow of Peter Betz, Pa. 
troops. 

Mary Brown, Knoxville, Tenn., age 85, widow of Joseph Brown, Pa. 
troops. 

Susan Curtis, Topsham, Me., age 98, widow of Caleb Courtis, Mass. 
troops. 

Sarah Dabney, Barry, 111., age 90, widow of John Q. Dabney, Va.. 
troops. 

Esther S. Damon, Plymouth Union, Vt., age yb, widow of Noah Da- 
mon. Mass. troops. 

Jane Denmore, Broadalbin, N. Y.. age 89, v/idow of James Merrill, 
Conn, troops. 

Nancy A. Green, Clay City, Ind., age 72, widow of Elias Edens, S. C. 
troops. 

Nancy (iregg, Collctsville, N. C, age 79, widow of William Gregg. 
Va. troops. 

Jane Harbison, Pinckneyville. 111., aged 84. widow of James Harbi- 
son, S. C. troo])s. 

Sally Heath, Titusville, Ky.. age 86, widow of William Heath, N. C. 
troops. 

Nancy Jones, Jonesborough, Tenn., age 76, widow of Darling Jones, 
N. C, troops. 

Lucy Morse, East Barnard. Vt., age 89. widow of Abiel Morse, 
Conn, troops. 

Rebecca Mayo, Newbern, \'a., age yy, widow of Stephen Mayo, Va. 
troops. 



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Olive C. Morton, Elva, Midi., age 79, widow of Peter Tuman, N. Y. 

troops. 

Nancy Rains, Canter's Furnace, Tenn., age 98. widow ot John Kains, 

Va. troops. 

Patty Richardson, East Bethel, Vt., age 89, widow of Godfrey Rich- 
ardson, N. Y. troops, r .x'li- 

Nancy Robertson, Shady Grove, Tenn., age 87, widow of William 
Robertson, Va. troops. ^ 

Meridy Smith, Newnan, Ga., age 85, widow of William Smith, N. C. 

troops. 

Mary Snead, Parksley, \'a., age 74, widow of Bowdoin Snead. \ a. 

troops. 

Asenath Turner, Manchester, N. Y.. age 86, widow of Samuel Dur- 
ham, Conn, troops. 

Nancy Weatherman, Lineback, N. C, age 80. widow of Robert Glas- 
cock, Va. troops. 

Anna Maria Young, Easton, Pa., age 98. widow of Jacob Young. Pa. 
troops. 

It is evident that the above-named Revolutionary widows wcr^ 
much younger than their husbands, and had no personal recollections of 
the great conflict. Nevertheless, these same venerable women did repre^ 
sent the first generation of American patriots, and were, to use an old- 
fashioned word, real "relicts." Moreover, five of them were born in the 
eighteenth century, which was the Revolutionary century ; and three of 
them came into the world before Washington died. 

Among the last survivors of the Revolutionary widows, was Mrs. 
Caleb Aldrich. She was born in 1799; and in 1897, was residing in New 
Hampshire. The local Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution gave a reception in her honor that year. Her husband had en- 
listed from Westmoreland. N. H., at the age of 16, and served through- 
out the war. He was 36 years her senior. Soon after the reception. Mrs. 
Aldrich went to California, and died at the residence of her son. in Los 
Angeles. 

The last survivor of all was Mrs. Esther Sumner Damon, of Plym- 
outh Union, Vt. She was born in 1814, and in early life was a teacher. 
At the age of 21, she married a Revolutionary veteran, Noah Damon, 
then past 70. Mrs. Damon outlived all her immediate family. She 
owned her house, but had no income, except the small pension allowed 
her by the United States Government. She was made a member of 
Palestrello Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution, and pre- 
sented with the "Daughters' gold spoon." All the Chapters in Vermont 
united to care for her declining years. Mrs. Damon is described as an 
estimable woman and a sincere Christian. She died September. 1906. 
Had she not been the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, she would still 
have been eligible to membership in the National Society, as she was the 
granddaughter of a Revolutionary soldier. 



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It is said that there were, also, several Revolutionary widows living 
in the United States as late as 1900. who never had their names on the 
United States pension rolls. 

At the meeting of the Society held December 11, 1890, "two daugh- 
ters of Revolutionary heroes" were mentioned. But it was soon discov- 
ered that there were not only two. but many daughters of Revolution- 
ary heroes still living. Between December, 1890, and Jul}^, 191 1, more 
than 700 "Real Daughters" have been admitted to membership in the 
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A "Real 
Daughter" is one whose fatlier or mother rendered material aid to the 
cause of American independence. 

Now, it will be seen that the National Society of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution was founded just in the nick of time. Suppose 
it nad been founded in 1783, just after peace was declared with England. 
Should we not have considered it remarkable that, in 1890, there were 23 
Revolutionary widows, and 700 or more daughters surviving, members 
of the Society who represented the first and second generations of 
American patriotism? Well, that really was the case, even with the date 
of the founding delayed. The Society not only stands where it might 
have stood; but is also made stronger by the addition of the enthusiastic 
and energetic third and fourth generations. 

At first thought, it seems surprising that there were so many "Real 
Daughters" living in 1890, or later. But a little investigation will dispel 
some of the surprise. 

To begin with, quite a large number of "Real Daughters" themselves 
attained an advanced age. Fully 25 or more reached the century mark ; 
while so many passed their ninetieth birthday that anything less seems 
like youth. 

Mrs. Sarah Van Arsdale Van Nostrand, of Millstone, N. J., was born 
in 1788, onl}' five years after the Treaty of Peace. She was admitted to 
membership in the National Society, D. A. R,, at the age of 105. 

Mrs. Sarah Doran Terry, of Philadelphia, was born in 1792. She 
was admitted to membership at the age of 106, and died two years later, 
aged 108. 

Mrs. Salome S. Sellers, of Deer Island, Ale., was admitted in 1909, 
aged 108, and died soon after. 

Again, very many of the Revolutionary patriots reached an advanced 
age. Following are well-known instances: 

David Kinnison, the last survivor of the "Boston Tea Party," died 
in Chicago, February 24, 1851, aged 115 years. 

Rev. Daniel Waldo, born at Windham, Conn., September 10, 1762; 
died at Syracuse. N. Y., July 30, 1864. At the age of 93. he was chaplain 
of the National House of Representatives. In his youth he was a Re\'o- 
lutionary soldier, and was captured by the British and imprisoned in the 
old "Sugar House," New York. 



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Lemuel Cook died at Clarendon. Orleans County, N. Y.. May 20, 
1866, aged 102. William Hutchings died May 2, 1866, at Castine, Me., 
aged 102. John F. Gray died at Brookfield, O., March 29, r868, aged 105 
years. Daniel F. Bakeman died at Fredonia, N. Y., April 5, 1869, aged 
109 years. These four were the last survivors of the Continental Army, 
whose names were on the United States pension rolls. It is said that 
several old militiamen, who never applied for pensions, died as late as 
.1870. 

But not all the "Real Daughters'' themselves, were, or are, very old. 
Many, if not most of them, are younger children of second and third 
wives, and last survivors of families of fifteen or twenty. 

It is well known tliat, during the Revolutionary W^ar (and other 
wars) the ranks of privates were largely made up of boys from 15 to 18 
years of age. Not all fell in battle, and many married late in life. 

It is also known that drummers, filers, dispatch carriers, aids, "pow- 
der monkeys," wagon boys, cabin boys, etc., rendered real service when 
very young. 

From various accounts, it is learned that it was quite a common prac- 
tice for a Revolutionary officer to take his small son to camp with him, 
to serve in various capacities. In several cases, these officers had their 
sons enrolled as "waiters" or "body servants" to themselves. Not 
through any desire to needlessly risk young 'lives. According to one 
writer, these officers knew that it would be impossible to keep growing 
boys out of the army, and preferred to have their own boys under their 
own eyes. The story is told of one officer who took his two older sons 
with him and left the youngest at home. A few days later, a new com- 
pany marched into camp. Great was this same officer's surprise to see 
his owm smallest son leading the way as drummer! 

Now, in this great National Society of the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, the least Revolutionary service is recognized and ac- 
cepted, provided it was loyal service and can be proved. The descendant 
of the smallest drummer may aspire to be President General. 

The youngest patriots enrolled are Jacob W. Petry. of New York, 
who, at the age of 7, carried intelligence to Fort Dayton, of a projected 
Indian uprising; and Isaac ^^'heeler, Jr.. of Connecticut, who, at the age 
of 8. served as a fifer. 

The youngest "Real Daughter" admitted to membership in the Na- 
tional Society, up to 1900. was Mrs. Sarah Knight Keen, of Watsontown, 
Pa., wife of Major F. A. Keen. Mrs. Keen entered the Society at the age 
of 52. She was the daughter of Richard Knight, of Pennsylvania (1767- 
1850), who had served as a Revolutionary dnnnmer at the age of 11. His 
daughter Sarah was the youngest child of his third wife, and was born in 
1846, when he, himself, was 79 years old. Mrs. Keen's older sister, Mrs. 
Annie Knight Gregory, of Selinsgrove, Pa., entered the Society at the 
age of 54. Mrs. Keen died in 1906, aged 60. 



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Since the admission of Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Keen, three sisters, 
daughters of Thomas Clapp, of Massachusetts, have been admitted. He 
was born 1763; died 1851. In March, 1845, ^i^ married his second wife, 
Aurelia Allen; had three daughters, as follows: Aurelia, born De- 
cember 5, 1845: Ardelia, born February, 1847; Mary Ann, born Decem- 
ber 28, 185 1. The mother, Aurelia Allen Clapp, was born 1816, and died 
in 1900, and was thus one of the surviving Revolutionary widows whose 
names were not on the United States pension rolls. Mary Ann, the 
youngest daughter, was born the same year that her father died. He was 
then 88 years old, and his wife 35. 

Aurelia is Mrs. Alexander MacDonald, Ardelia is Mrs. Eben Hatch, 
and Mary Ann is Mrs. George H. Scott. They reside at Campello, Mass. 

Many of the younger "Real Daughters" are still in active life, and 
some of them hold office in the National Society and elsewhere. 

But not all "Real Daughters" are descended from small patriots. 
]\very grade of service is represented, from "signer of the Declaration of 
Independence'' down. Miss Emily Louise Gerry, I'ast surviving child of 
Elbridge Gerry, joined the National Society at the age of 92. 

After the surprise of discovering that there were so many ''Real 
Daughters" living, came another surprise. That was, that there were so 
many in the Western States. But this seemingly strange circumstance 
is easily explained. These Western "Real Daughters" are the survivors 
of the early pioneer families. The Middle West was almost entirely 
built up by Revolutionary soldiers. The soldiers' bounty lands were lo- 
cated between the Allegheny Mountain chains and the Mississippi River; 
and this region is literally dotted with Revolutionary soldiers' graves. 
The surviving "Daughters" can tell thrilling tales of long and tedious 
journeys, of hardships and privations, and of encounters with wild beasts 
and Indians. Some of these "real daughters,'' living in "Woman Suf- 
frage States," are legal voters. Their own fathers fought to uphold the 
principles that "taxation without representation is tyranny," and "gov- 
ernments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.'' 

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Soon after the National Society of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution was organized, dissensions arose within. The result was a 
movement of the character popularly known as "a split." A small party 
went off and organized another "Society" — which was named "The Gen- 
eral Society of the Daughters of the Revolution" (since known as the 
"D. R.," as distinguished from the original society of the "D. A. R."). 
This seems particularly unfortunate, inasmuch as the aims of the two so- 
cieties are identical ; as are, also, their requirements. 

Still, it must be said for the small D. R. Society, that its members 
have done good work. And among its best endeavors and achievements, 
may be mentioned, care for "Real Daughters." At a very early date in 
its history, this Society publicly declared that it "constituted all Real or 



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original Daughters, life members of the Society, and presented ihem 
with badge and certificate." 

Following is a list of "Real Daughters" enrolled among the D. R. up 
to 1906, tvith the names of fathers, etc. Each Daughter's name is pre- 
ceded by her National number : 

361. Mrs. Lucy Wallace Cummings, Massachusetts, daughter of 
Robert Thorndike, Alass. (1761-1843.) Served at the Lexington Alarm, 
Bunker Hill and throughout the war. 

372. Mrs. Caroline Long Rartlett (widow of Hon. Bailey Bartlett). 
Orange, N. J. ; born 1804, youngest of thirteen children of Moses Long 
(1760-1848), of Hopkinton, N. H. Served in Capt. Carr's Company, 9th 
Mass. Regt. Mrs. Bartlett is a sister of Col. Stephen N. Long, the West- 
ern explorer, who discovered Long's Peak. 

385. Mrs. Mary Turner Potter Rogers, New Jersey, daughter of 
Paul Potter, of Potter's Creek, N. J. Private in Monmouth County 
Militia. 

721. Mrs. Mercy Foster Clark, New Jersey, widow of James Clark; 
daughter of Joseph I'^oster, C"onn. 3d Regt., Conn. Line, under Col. Sam- 
uel Wyllys, 1780. 

746. Mrs. Christina Lawrentz Graham (Mrs. Wm.). Daughter of 
Wendell Lawrentz, of Maryland (1757-1823). Private, under Captains 
Philip Craybill and Christopher Meyers, Col. Housseger's Regt., Mary- 
land Militia. Served three years; was at Trenton, Princeton, Brandv- 
wine, Germantown and Monmouth. Mrs. Graham served as a volun- 
teer nurse during the Civil War. She died in Baltimore, March 30, [896. 

131 1. Mrs. Nancy E. Baker Parker, Salem, Mass. Admitted Octo- 
ber II, 1895. Daughter of Jeremiah Baker. 

2369. Miss Mary Anne Davis, Wheeling, W. \"a. Admitted Au- 
gust 2, 1897. l^orn at St. Clairsville, O., July 3. 1824. Daughter of Mar- 
maduke Stevenson Davis, and his second wife, both born in Pennsyl- 
vania. Marmaduke S. Davis served in Maryland and Virginia. Miss 
Davis was educated at Brooks' Seminary. Began to teach in the Wheel- 
ing schools in 1850, and taught forty-five years. Died December, 1897. 

2387- Mrs. Clarissa Abbott Poor, Andover, Mass. Admitted Sep- 
tember 17, 1897. Born 1803. Daughter of Caleb Abbott, of Andover. who 
went out at the Lexington Alarm, 

2388, Mrs. Lozina Goldsmith Waldo. Andover, Mass. Admitted 
September 17, 1897. Daughter of Jeremiah Goldsmith, of the Massa- 
chusetts Militia. Mrs. Waldo was born 1813. 

2432. Miss Mary Spooner, New Bedford, ALiss. Admitted Novem- 
ber ID, 1897. Daughter of Micah Spooner. 

2433. Mrs. Lydia Rav Lovett. Beverlv, ALiss. Admitted Novem- 
ber 10, 1897. Daughter of Isaac Rea. 

2445. Mrs. Maria Roof \^an Evera, Sprakers, X. Y. Admitted No- 
vember 10, 1897. Died Mav, 1899. Wife of Cornelius Van Evera. 
Daughter of John Roof. 



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2460. Miss Abigail Tha\'er, Boston, Mass. Admitted November 
15, 1897. Daughter of Eliphaz Thayer. 

2461. Mrs. Julia Briscoe Crofut, Methuen, Mass. Admitted No- 
vember 15. 1897. Daughter of Nathan Briscoe. 

2462. Mrs. Mary Richards Gore. Roxbury, Mass. Admitted No- 
vember 17, 1897. Daughter of Jonathan Richards. 

2520. Mrs. Dorcas Sawyer Langmaid, Boston, Mass. Admitted 
December 20, 1897. Daughter of Edmund Sawyer. 

2521. Mrs. Mary Sawyer Peters, Boston, ^lass. Admitted Decem- 
ber 20, 1897. Daughter of Edmund Sawyer. 

2572. Mrs. Rebecca De Carteret Pratt (1818-1900). Chelsea, Mass. 
Daughter of John De Carteret. 

2716. Mrs. Harriet Newell McAllister Harris, Somerville, Mass. 
Admitted April 18, 1898. Daughter of Richard McAllister. 

2786. Mrs. Sarah Marston Lamprey (born 181 1), Maiden, Mass. 
Admitted June 30, 1898. Daughter of Jonathan Marston, of New Hamp- 
shire (burn 17O1 ), and Mary Philbrick. his wife. 

2787. Mrs. Lucy T. Stickney Pillsbury, Georgetown, Mass. Ad- 
mitted June 30, 1898. Daughter of Paul Stickney (born 1745), and his 
second wife, Betsy Cheney (married 181 1.) 

2841. Mrs. Charlotte Puller Burnham. Ipswich, Mass. Admitted 
October 17, 1898. Widow of Abraham Burnham. Daughter of Na- 
thaniel Fuller. 

2847. Mrs. Martha Hazlewood Hord, Louisville, Ky. Daughter of 
Luke Hazlewood and Nancy Bolton, his wife. Luke Hazlewood served 
in Pennsylvania, and after the war settled in Kentucky. 

2848. Mrs. Sarah Goodrich Maholm, Shelbyvilfe. Ind. Admitted 
November 21, 1898. Daughter of Nathan Goodrich. 

2889. Miss Elizabeth Gage Lambert. Rowley, Mass. Admitted 
December 19, 1898. Daughter of Jonathan Lambeit. 

2890. Miss Mehetable Lambert, Rowley. Mass. Admitted Decem- 
ber 19, 1898. Daughter of Jonathan Lambert. 

2891. Miss Mary Lambert, Rowley, Mass. Admitted December 19. 
1898. D'aughter of Jonathan Lambert. 

2925. Mrs. Elizabeth Buford Parkes. Richmond, Ky. Daughter of 
John Buford. 

3009. Mrs. Sophia \'an Dolson Andrews, Des Moines, la. Daugh- 
ter of John Van Dolson. 

3027. Mrs. Statira Nutt Christie (1809-1900), Lock Haven, Pa. 
Daughter of William Nutt and Lucy Avery, his wife. 

3033- Mrs. Hannah Philips Eachcs. Phocnixville, Pa. Daughter of 
Josiah Philips, of Pennsylvania. 

3059. Miss Susanna Chadwick. Emporium. Pa. Daughter of Col. 
Elihu Chadwick, of New Jersev. 



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3369. Mrs. Eunice Lindsay Bedell. Mount Carmcl, 111. Born 
t8^^ in Indiana. Daughter of William Lindsay, of Virginia, and Cla- 
rissa Prvor, his wife. 

3410. Mrs. Harriet S. Elkins Cady, Westboro, Mass. Born 1825. 
Daughter of Col. Jonathan Elkins, and Eunice S. Sprague, his wife. 

3583. Mrs. Josephine Davis Wodeski, Lincoln, 111. Born 1830. 
Daughter of Samuel Davis, of Maryland, and Margaret Barrett, his wife. 

4308. Mrs. Catharine Dwinall, Everett, Mass. Daughter of Ensign 
Simeon Tibbetts, of Maine. 

4389. Mrs. Phoebe M. Gainfort. Port Jervis, N. Y. Born 1805. 
Daughter of Jabez Rockwell, Connecticut, and Elizabeth Mulford, his 
wife. 

Mrs. Nancy Clarke Chamberlain, Ohio. Born 181 5. Daughter of 
Compton. who was with Washington at Valley Eorge. 

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
early adopted a conciliatory attitude. The Society stands ready to re- 
ceive any D. R. on records already filed. It has declared a willingtiess 
to recognize all D. R. Chapters. This being the case, it is quite possible 
that all D. R. documents may yet be filed in the magnificent D. A. R. 
building, the Continental Memorial Hall, Washington, D. C. Then the 
names of the "Real Daughters" belonging to the D. R. will be placed 
with those belonging to the D. A. R. 

Some of the above-named Daughters of the Revolution are also 
members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution. 

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Mrs. Lydia Morrison Bennett died in Acton, New Hampshire. April 
17, 1897, aged 97 years and 4 months. She was the daughter of David 
Morrison, who fought under General Stark in the Revolution. Her 
husband, Benjamin Bennett, served in the War of 1812: and her son, 
Lieutenant John S. Bennett, in the Civil War. Mrs. Bennett was ad- 
mitted to membership in the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, in 1889, before there was any D. A. R. Society. 
She was elected one of the Vice Presidents, and held the office up to the 
time of her death. 

Mrs. Hannah Lyons, of Marblehead, Mass.. was living in June, 
1897. She was the daughter of John Russell, of Massachusetts, and 
was among those "Real Daughters" wdiose names were on the U. S. 
Pension Rolls. 

Soon after the National Society of the Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution was organized, a number of "Real Daughters" were 
discovered in poor-house.s. In every such case, the local Chapter, or 
Chapters, placed the desolate, deserving survivor of a good Revolu- 
tionary family in a comfortable home. And, in several such cases, pen- 



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sions for the "Real Daughters'" were secured from the U. S. Govern- 
ment, 

February 22, 1895, on motion of Mrs. Shippen, of New Jersey, the 
National Board voted to present to every "Real Daughter" a gold sou- 
venir spoon. Every "Real Daughter" has received such a spoon if she 
lived long enough after her application-papers were passed upon. In 
1897 Mrs. Mary J. Seymour, tlien Registrar General of the National 
Society, D, A. R., began a collection of photograjjhs and autograph 
letters of the "Real Daughters" themselves, and in 1902, presented the 
album to the Continental Congress. The work of collecting was con- 
tinued by Mrs. Gertrude B. Darwin. 

February 23, 1898, on motion of I\Irs. Amos G. Draper, the Conti- 
nental Congress voted to remit the dues of all "Real Daughters." The 
consensus of opinion was that it was honor enough to the National So- 
ciety, D. A. R., to have the "Real Daughters" admitted. 

At the Tenth Continental Congress of the National Society, D. A. R., 
held in Washington, D. C, February, 1901, on motion of Mrs. Laura 
Wentworth Fowler, of Dedham, Mass., Regent of Old South Chapter, 
a resolution was passed "authorizing the Treasurer of the National 
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolutit)n to appropriate 
money for the support of those 'Real Daughters' who are in need." 
Since then, the National Society has paid out hundreds of dollars to 
"Real Daughters" in distress. 

In 1900 Mrs. William Lawson Peel, of the Joseph Habersham 
Chapter, D. A. R., Atlanta, Ga., conceived the idea that all "Real 
Daughters" then living should be located and gathered into the National 
Society, regardless of their place of residence. In consequence, this 
Chapter secured the admission of more than 30 "Real Daughters," rep- 
resenting a dozen different States. 

At the Twelfth Continental Congress of the National Society of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution, held in Washington, D. C, 
February, 1903, the present writer had the honor and pleasure of bring- 
ing forward the following resolution: 

"All Daughters of Revolutionary patriots whose claims have been 
verified by the registrar general, but who have died before their names 
could be presented to the board for confirmation shall be put upon the 
roll of honor." 

This resolution was endorsed by Aliss Mary Desha, Mrs. Caleb 
Churchman, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood' Miss Susan Riviere Hetzel, Miss 
Susan Carpenter Frazer, Mrs. Florence Gray Estey, Mrs. Harriet P. 
Simpson, Mrs. Amos G. Draper. 

The motion was seconded and carried. 

In accordance therewith the following names of "Real Daughters" 
were placed upon the roll of honor : 

Mrs. Sarah Halsey Baker, Wyoming. Ohio. See National num- 
ber, 192. 



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Mrs. Lucy Parlin, "Judge's Cave," near New Haven, Conn. (Mrs. 
Parlin, daughter of Elijah Royce and Emelia Johnson, his wife. Elijah 
Royce was born in Wallingford, 1756; died in Wolcott, Conn., 1834. 
Enlisted, 1775; was at Monmouth and Yorktown. An invalid pensioner 
in New Haven Co., 1784. See National Number, 19680, in "D. A. R. 
Lineage Book," Vol. XX., and National Number, 21,877 in "Lineage- 
Book," Vol. XXH.) 

Mrs. Jane Stevenson Dallas, Philadelphia. (Born in Pittsburgh, 
1802; married 1822, to Judge T. Dallas, son of Alexander Dallas. Daugh- 
ter of Gen. John W'ilkins, Jr., Quartermaster General in 1796; and Cath- 
erine Stevenson, his wife. (See "D. A. R. Lineage Book," \'ol. H., Na- 
tional Number, 1034.) 

Mrs. Catharine Wilfong Danley, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Daughter of 
John Wilfong, of Lower Merion township, Montgomery Co., Pa., and 
Ann Conrad, his wife. John Wilfong was the last surviving Revolu- 
tionary pensioner in Lower Merion. His name appears in the Census 
of 1840. He was then 80 years old. Mrs. Danley died in 1901, aged 99.) 

Miss Kate Scheetz, Mill Creek, Lower Merion, Pa. (Last survivor, 
in Lower Merion, of the famous family of papermakers. She was the 
daughter of Francis Scheetz and Catharine Sibley, his wife, married 
October 18, 1796. Francis Scheetz was the son of Benjamin Scheeti, 
patriot, who made paper at the old "Dove Mill" for the U. S. Govern- 
ment, and who served in the Lower Merion Militia. Catharine Sibley, 
his wife, was the daughter of Rudolph Sibley, who also served in the 
Lower Merion Militia. The name of Benjamin Scheetz appears on the 
List of Taxables for Lower Merion, 1774, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783. Francis 
Scheetz, son of Benjamin, was born 1764. He assisted his father in the 
manufacture of government paper. Francis was one of the founders 
of the Lower Merion Baptist Church. His wife, Catharine, dressed 
Secretary Charles Thomson for burial. Kate, the youngest daughter of 
Francis and Catharine Scheetz, died in 1896, aged 80. Miss Scheetz and 
Mrs. Danley are buried in adjoining lots in Lower Merion Baptist 
Cemetery.) 

Mrs. Charlotte Goodell, ALantua, Ohio. (Wife of Carlton Goodell. 
Daughter of Samuel Sanford, Jr., who was born in Milford, Conn., 1766; 
died in the "Western Reserve," Ohio, 1858. At the age of ten, Samuel 
Sanford, Jr., served with his father, Capt. Samuel Sanford, and lived to 
receive a pension. See National Number, 13. 121, in "Lineage Book," 
Vol. XTV; and National Number, 16,004, i" Vol. XVH. Charlotte, 
daughter of Samuel Sanford, Jr., was born in Plymouth, Conn., 1812.) 

Mrs. Parthenia Cole, Nelson, Ohio. (Born 181 1. Sister of Mrs. 
Goodell. They had a brother, a "Real Son," Mr. Edwin Sanford, of 
"Mantua, Ohio, born 1818.) 

Mrs. Alta Andrus Winny, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. (Daughter of 
David Andrus and Sallie Ranney, his wife. David Andrus was born in 
Connecticut, 1766; died in Ellisburg, N. Y., 1831. He served as a lifer 



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in the Connecticut Militia, 1781. See National Number. 25.801, in 
"Lineage Book," Vol. XXVI. He is buried at Giddingsville. N. Y., and 
his grave is among those decorated by the Deborah Champion C'haptcr. 
of Adams, N. Y. See "Smithsonian Report."' Third, page 201.) 

Mrs, Dorothy Smith Clapp, Windsor, Ohio. (Born 1816. Daugh- 
ter of George Smith, born at Rutland, Mass., 1761 ; died at Orwell, Ohio, 
1844. Served in Col. Keyes Danforth's regiment. 1777-78. Was a pen- 
sioner in Ohio. George Smith married Polly Burt. Dorothy Smith Clapp 
was their youngest daughter.) 

Miss Eliza Soper, Northfield, Vermont. (Born 1806.) 

Mrs. Susan Mills, Atlanta, Ga. 

Mrs. Annie Williamson, Sedden. Ala. 

Mrs. Lydia Konigmacher, Lancaster, Pa. 

Mrs. Caroline Wilkinson, Richmond, Va. 

Mrs. lienry Wise, Richmond, Va. 

Mrs. H. F^ Chatterton, Rutland, Vt. 

All the "Real Daughters" named in the above list are mentioned in 
the American Monthly Magazine, the organ of the National Sociei}' of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution. Hereafter the name of any 
"Real Daughter" once made known to the National Society. D. A. R., 
can never be lost, but must be recorded. 

The following-named "Real Daughters" are mentioned in a list 
compiled by the "Spirit of '76." the organ of the National Society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution: 

Mrs. Sophronia Wood. Died in Chicago, March 9. 1896. aged 97. 
She Avas born in Montpelier, Vt.. and was the daughter of Dr. Hutch- 
inson, a Revolutionary surgeon. She married Thomas B. Wood, of 
Grafton. Mass., and went with him to Chicago. Mr. Wood died in 
1867. 

Mrs. Martha Jane Hollister. Daughter of Othniel Brown (b. 1759) 
and his third wife, whom he married when he was 70 years old. Mr. 
Brown served in the Revolutionary War from Stafford. Conn. Ris 
daughter, Martha, was the third child, and was born May 3. 1833. 

Mrs. M. A. Schrepper, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. was the daughter of 
George Schamp, or De Schamp, who served in the Revolutionary War 
and the War of 1812. 

Mrs. Margaret G. Ruggles. Thomaston. Me. Died December 11. 
1894, aged 93. She was the daughter of Capt. John George, artillery 
ofificer. (See "Lineage Book." Vol. XXI\'. National Number. 23.880.) 
Mrs. Ruggles was the wife of John Ruggles. and had a granddaughter. 
Miss Margaret George Ruggles. Mrs. Ruggles was the daughter of 
Capt. John George. 1751 — 1820. and Margaret George, his wife. He 
served from 1775 to the close of the war. He was born in Braintree : died 
in Watertown, Mass.) 

Mrs. Minerva Jones Kent. Lincoln, Nebraska. Born in Jav. N. Y.. 
January i, 1806. Daughter of Nathan Jones. Jr.. who served in Col. 



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John Field's regiment, Capt. David Hecock's company of Levies raised 
for the defense of New York, 1779 — 1782. (See "Lineage Book," Vol. 
XIII, National Number, 12,894. Mrs. Kent was the daughter of Nathan 
Jones, Jr., and Priscilla Brown, his wife. He was born 1763; died 1847, 
at Keene, N. Y.) 

Mrs, Mary Clark Thompson, Hubbardstown, Mass. Born 1813. 
She had two brothers, "Real Sons,'' Col. William Gates Clark and Edwin 
Clark. They were the children of Lieut. Isaac Clark, who was a pen- 
sioner when he died, June 10, 1836. (See "Lineage Book," Vol. XXV, 
National Number, 24,735. Isaac Clark was born 1760; died 1836. Served 
in the Massachusetts Line. He was born and died in Hubbardstown.) 

Miss Lavinia Fellows, PleasaJlt Prairie, Wisconsin. Born 1809. 
Daughter of Jonathan Fellows and Elinor W'ickes, his wife. Jonathan 
and his brother Samuel served from New Hampshire. (See "Lineage 
Book," Vol. XX, National Number, 19,010 Jonathan Fellows was born 
1760; died 1842. He enlisted at Hawkes, N. 11., 1781, and joined the 
army at West Point. He was a pensioner when he died.) 

Miss Elizabeth M. Coe, Newark, N. J. A daughter of Halsted Coe, 
who, with his father and live brothers, was at the battle of Stony Point. 
(See "Lineage Book," \^ol. HI, National Number, 2467. John Coe and 
his five sons were in the battle. Halsted was only 16 years old. Later, 
he married Abby Ward.) 

Miss Fanny Woodman, Wilton, Franklin Co., Maine. Had a brother, 
a "Real Son," James Monroe Woodman. They were the children of 
Woodman, of the 3d and 8th Massachusetts Regiment, 1780. 

Mrs. Ruth Ide, Southbridge, Mass. Born 1809. Daughter of Nathan 
Brown. 

Mrs. Martha Blackburn Holloway Monroe, Laconia, Ark. Born 
July 22, 1823; and Mrs. George Ann Holloway Johnson, Frankfort, Ky., 
born July 12, 1817. Daughters of Holloway, of Culpeper Co., Va. 

Mrs. Sarah Densmore Holmes, Antrim, N. H., born April 2, 1795, 
A daughter of Densmore. Married 1820. Her husband died 1876. 

Mrs. Eschweiler, Milwaukee, Wis. 

Mrs. E. P. Jones, Georgia, Vt. Born 1802. 

Mrs. Betsey H. Pelton, Woodstock, Vt. Born 1805. 

Mrs. Sarepta Cowen, Queechee, Vt. Born 1821. 

Mrs. Emily Moore N'ichols, Brattleboro, Vt. Born 1807. Daughter 
of Rufus and Rachel Moore. 

Mrs. Betsy Ann Slausen Brooks; born 1807; died in Hoboken, N. J., 
No\ . 1 89c). Resided at Fort Montgomery. N. Y. Long identified with 
Orange Co., N. Y, 

:i: ^ ;K ^ H= * * * 

George Paschall, sergeant in the Virginia Dragoons during the 
Revolution, had a daughter living in 1896. His great-grandson, Walter 
Paschall, was a member of the Capital Society, Children of the Amer- 



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ican Revolution. See American Monthly Magazine, January, 1896, 
page 106. 

The present writer tried to have the following-named old ladies 
admitted as members of the National Society, D. A. R. : 

Mrs. Mary Vollum Nixon, of Bryn Mawr, Pa. She believed that 
her father, Henry Vollum, served as a drummer boy in Virginia. Mrs. 
Nixon was his youngest child, and was born in Philadelphia. All her 
brothers and sisters were born in Virginia. Her applicatir)n-papers 
were sent to Washington, but her record could not be verified. She 
died about 1903, aged 102. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Wonderly. She died in the Methodist Home for 
the Aged, West Philadelphia. September 21. 191 1. She had saw that 
her father, the Rev. Mr. Walker, a Methodist minister, in early life 
served as a Revolutionary soldier from Smyrna. Delaware. Her appli- 
cation-;)apers were sent to Washington twice, but her record could not 
be verified. She died at the age of 108 years and 4 months. 

>i: :i; -.j; -\: * * * :(: 

On April 23. 1906. on motion of Mrs. William Lawson Peel, the 
Fifteenth Continental Congress voted to pension all "Real Daughters" 
in need. The United States Congress has the power to pension the 
children of Revolutionary soldiers, and has already granted pensions 
to some ; but it requires si)ecial legislation in every case. This means 
delay ; and while waiting, some "Real Daughters" have suffered and 
died before aid could reach them. The National Society, D. A. R., can 
act immediately. 

At the Nineteenth Continental Cc^ngress, held in Continental Mem- 
orial Hall, April, 1910, Mrs. William Lawson Peel. Chairman of the 
National Committee on "Real Daughters," made the suggestion that 
a ])ortrait bust of Mrs. Marv Hammond Washington, the "First Real 
Daughter." be placed in the National Society's Library, as a memorial 
to a class of members fast disappearing; which class, in the very nature 
of things, can never be recruited. The work will be carried out. The 
bust of white marble, is progressing in the hands of one of the nne:^t 
sculptors in Florence, Italy. 

The "Continental Congress" is the annual meeting of the N. S. 
D A, R. It is held in Washington. D. C. in April of each year, in the 
week in which falls April 19. the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington. 
All Chapters send delegates. The "Continental Congress" was formerly 
held in February. 

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Among the "Real Daughters" are many cases of two sisters, and 
several of three. Several cases, also, of half-sisters. There is. at least, 
one case of first cousins, daughters of young brothers who fought side 
by side. One, of twin sisters; one. of a twin sister, whose twin brother, 
a "Real Son," was living. Several cases in which the "Real Daughters" 



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had brothers. "Real Sons," living^. One surviving Revohitionary widow 
had a "Real Son," and another surviving Revolutionary widow had three 
"Real Daughters." 

Every strain of American ancestry is represented: — English, 
Scotch, Irish, Welsh, Swedish, French, German, Dutch, Italian. Every 
section of our great land, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the 
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. And every sort of Revolutionary 
patriot, from the diplomat who defied Great Britain to the scout who 
outwitted the Indian : from the brigadier general, to the girl who knitted 
stockings, moulded bullets or carried intelligence. Puritan. Patroon, 
Quaker. Huguenot. Cavalier and Pioneer, all have their daughters en- 
rolled. 

Following are the names of all (or nearly all) of the "Real Daugh- 
ters" regularly admitted to membership in the National Society of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution : with their National numbers, 
their parents' names, the record of their fathers' services, and some addi- 
tional items. 

This paragraph gives only the slightest hint of the great mass of 
historical and genealogical wealth here gathered. 

And what of the "Real Daughters" themselves? 

They are the survivors of the first generation of girls who grew up 
in a republican atmosphere, with their eyes turned forward to higher 
ideals for themselves and humanity — the very first generation, in all the 
world, who ever did so. 

The history of the "Real Daughters" shows the great pioneer move- 
ment westward and southwestward — a movement which never yet has 
received full justice from the historian's pen. 

It shows, also, the great evangelical and missionary movements — 
which, so far, have received even less justice. The people of the United 
States are a Christian people. Whatever our faults, we have been re- 
ligiously and properly trained. And a remnant of the first generation of 
those so trained, and who, in turn, trained their successors, is with us 
still. 

Then, the tremendous upheaval in behalf of popular education! 
Among the "Real Daughters" are enrolled early teachers, from the prin- 
cipal of a pioneer "Female Seminary," down to the brave girl who went 
West to teach in the little school on the prairie. 

Then, all the other vast upheavals! Among the "Real Daughters" 
are the early college woman ; the woman journalist : the woman physi- 
cian ; the business woman : the survivors of the first woman suffrage, 
anti-slavery and temperance societies. There are numerous Civil War 
nurses and members of the "Woman's Relief Corps." 

There are club women and church women, still active. There are 
wealthy and fashionable women ; and, at least, one millionaire philan- 
thropist. 



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A!) their biographers unite in lauding the virtues of the "Real 
Daughters," wherever found. 'J'hey exhibit the same Christian graces, 
whether rich or poor. Thrift and industry, exercised by the '"Daughters" 
in early days, have built up happy homes, in which example and pre- 
cept have trained honorable families. The dear old ladies still cling 
to the (|uaint. old-time manners and refinements of life. Many of the 
same old ladies are adepts in such ancient accomplishments as patch- 
work and fine embroidery, and take pride in showing specimens of their 
skill. From antique, mahogany desks come forth sheets of yellowed 
paper covered with elegant penmanship — or, as it was formerly called, 
"chirography" and "calligraphy." And, from perfumed boxes, odd little 
pictures of roses and violets, in water-color— or "aquarelle." From all 
of which we see that the American lady, as we know her, developed 
early in our nation's history. The present writer loves the good, old 
Saxon \yord "lady," which is liere appropriate. It literally means "loaf- 
giver." 

Of course, what is here said of "dear old ladies" applies to those 
who really are old. The "Real Daughters," who are comparatively 
young and are still in active life, keep up to the times, in education, 
dress and custom. Those "Real Daughters," who attended the Conti- 
nental Congress, even though some of them had white hair, wore just 
as elegant silks and laces, just as handsome jewelry, as did many other 
Daughters. 

And, it may be added that any one who carefully studies the history 
of the "Real Daughters" must see that the National Society of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution is uniting the women and the 
families of all sections of our great land, as no other single agency ever 
has done, ever could have done, or ever can do. 



Real Daughters 



8i. Mrs. Mary Anne Hammond Washington, Macon, Georgia. 
Macon Chapter. Born in Missouri, 1816; died in Georgia, 1901. Widow 
of James H. R. Washington. Daughter of Col. Samuel Hammond, of 
Georgia, and Eliza Amelia O'Keefe, his wife. Samuel Hammond was 
born in Virginia, 1757. Participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, West 
Virginia, now generally regarded as the first real battle of the Revolu- 
tionary War (October 10, 1774). Served later in North and South 
Carolina and Georgia. After the war. Col. Hammond was a member 
of the Georgia Legislature ; in 1802, of the Congress of the United States. 
In 1805 he was appointed Governor of the Territory of Upper Louis- 
iana. While residing at Belleville, near St. Louis, his daughter, Mary 
Anne, was born. Col. Hammond Vv'as a member of the first Constitu- 
tional Convention of Missouri. Later, he took up his residence at Au- 
gusta, Georgia. He was one of a committee appointed to receive Lafay- 
ette on his visit to the Southern city, in 1825, and Mrs. Washington 
well remembered seeing the great French general. Mary Anne Ham- 
mond was married, in 1835, to James H. R. Washington, a relative of 
General George W'ashington. Mr. Washington was a banker of ^lacon, 
Ga. He was Mayor of the city in 1851 : later, a member of the State 
Legislature. Mrs. Washington was the first "Real Daughter" admitted 
to the National Society, D. A. R. She organized Macon Chapter — 
which, after her death, took the name ]\Iary Hammond W^ashington 
Chapter. Mrs. W^ashington herself was the first Chapter Regent. Col. 
Samuel Hammond died in Georgia, 1843. Mrs. W'ashington was a char- 
ter member, N. S. D. A. R. 

54. Mrs. Elizabeth Sinclair Parker Jones. Linden, Md. Born in 
Virginia, 1803; died in Maryland, 1895. Daughter of Copeland Parker, 
of Virginia, and Elizabeth Sinclair, his wife. Grand-daughter of Capt. 
John Sinclair and of Lieut. Nicholas Parker. Charter member. Mrs. 
Jones did not enter the National Society as a "Real Daughter," but 
on the record of her two grandfathers, Capt. Sinclair and Lieut. Parker. 
It was afterwards learned that her father, Copeland Parker, rendered 
Revolutionary service, and she was awarded the gold souvenir spoon 
presented by the National Society, D. A. R., to all "Real Daughters." 
Copeland Parker, father of Mrs. Jones, was appointed by General Wash- 
ington, surveyor and inspector of the port of Norfolk. Va. He, Cope- 
land, was a brother of Col. Josiah Parker, aid to \\'asliington, and mem- 



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ber of the Virginia Convention, 1775. This same Co). Parker's portrait 
appears in Trumbull's painting- of the Battle of Trenton. Copeland 
Parker was still residing in Norfolk at the time of the outbreak of the 
War of 1812. Mrs. Jones remembered when her father and his family, 
including herself, "ran the blockade." escaping at midnight in a small 
vessel that passed under the very guns of the British fleet in Norfolk 
harbor. Mrs. Jones was the wife of John Coates Jones, who was a West 
Point cadet, and who served in the Mexican War. For more than sixty 
years she resided in her husband's ancestral home. "Clean Drinking 
Manor," Montgomery Co., Maryland, near Washington, D. C. She was 
buried on the estate. 

192. Mrs. v^arah Halsey Baker. Wyoming, Ohio, near Cincinnati. 
Born in 1804. Daughter of Capt. I^uther Halsey. of New Jersey, and 
Abigail Foster, his wife. Mrs. Baker was the youngest child of Captain 
Halsey. He was a student at Princeton College, and entered the army, 
with his class, led by the President. Dr. W^itherspoon : served through- 
out the Revolutionary War, and was an original member of the Society 
of the Cincinnati. Lived for a time at Newburgh, N. Y. Sarah Halsey 
married Nathan Baker: had a daughter, Julia J. Baker, born in Ohio. 
See "D. A. R. TJneage Book," Vol. I. page jS. Miss Jidia J. Baker 
entered the National Society as a charter member. 

345. Mrs. Phebe Dake Cleveland. Springfield. Illinois. Chicago 
Chapter. Born in New York, 181 1 : died in Illinois May 23. 1900. Wife 
of Daniel T. Cleveland. Daughter of Charles Dake. Jr., and Abigail 
Sherman, his wife. Charles Dake, Jr., was born about 1763. He served 
in the Revolutionary War, 1779 — ^7^'?i- The name is sometimes spelled 
Deake. Mrs. Cleveland was an honorary member of the Chapter at 
Springfield, 111. Charles Deake, Jr.. was a private in Col. Lewis Van 
Woert's regiment from Albany County. New York. Later, a magis- 
trate. M'rs. Cleveland entered the National Society. D. A. R.. as a 
charter member. She was also a charter member of Chicago chapter. 

374. Mrs. Estelle E. Doremus. New ^'ork. New York City Chap- 
ter. Born in New York. Wife of Prof. R. Ogden Doremus. D'aughter 
of Hubbard Skidmore and Caroline Avery, his second wife. Hubbard 
Skidmore was born in 1767. At the age of nine years he served at a 
gun beside his father. Zophar Skidmore. an artillerv officer in the Revo- 
lutionary army, and carried powder. Later. Hubbard became a dis- 
patch-bearer, and a private soldier. In after years, he was a wealthy 
ship owner. It was said of him that he was a "scholar, distinguished 
navigator, philanthropist and patriot." Captain Skidmore married, for 
his second wife. Miss Caroline Averv. thirty years his junior. Their 
daughter, Estelle, was the youngest child. In 1850. she was married 
to Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus. the eminent professor of chemistry. 
Mrs. Doremus was a woman of great beauty, and a high degree of 
culture. She was. for years, a leader in New York society, and active 
in all the educational and philanthropic movements of her day. During 



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the Civil War she was instrumental in organizing the "Sanitary Fair," 
in aid of the soldiers. In 1876. she raised a fund towards the erection 
of the "Women's Pavilion" at the Centennial Exposition. In 1892-3, she 
was devoting her energies to the work of furthering the success of 
the World's Columbian Exposition. Mrs. Doremus recommended the 
Princess Eulalia of Spain for membership in the National Society, D. 
A. R., and presented her with the insignia. The princess was ad- 
mitted regularly, on the record of her great-great-grandfather. King 
Carlos III, who aided the struggling Colonies with ships, men and 
nione}', and thus rendered material aid to the cause of American inde- 
pendence. At the time of her death (1905) Mrs. Doremus held the 
office of Honorary \'ice President General of the National Society, D. 
A R. She was a charter member. She was born May 6, 1830. 

467. Mrs. Jane Stevenson Marshall. \\'ashington. D. C. Charter 
member. Born in Pittsburgh. Pa., 1822; died in Washington. November 
17, 1895. Mary \\'ashington Chapter. Wife of lion. James \\'illiam 
Marshall. Daughter of Lieut. George Stevenson, of Pennsylvania, and 
Maria Barker, his wife. George Stevenson, on Ma\' 23. 1777. was 
promoted from third lieutenant to second lieutenant, First Pennsylvania 
Regiment, Continental Line. He was born 1760; died 1829. An original 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Dr. Stevenson entertained 
I.cifayettc on his visit to Pittsburgh. 1824. Jane Stevenson married Hon, 
James W. Marshall, then Professor of Languages in Dickinson College. 
Carlisle, Pa. He was sent as Consul tfi England by President Lincoln, 
and under President Grant was First Assistant Postmaster General. 

495. Miss Hartley Graham, "Louise Home." Martha Washington 
Chapter. Born in Virginia, t8io: died in Washington. June, i8g6. 
Daughter of Dr. William Graham, of Virginia, and Anne Hartley, his 
wife. On the loth of February, 1778, Dr. William Graham, aged 21, 
joined the First Virginia Regiment as surgeon, serving throughout the 
war. Miss Graham was reared on an old-time Virginia plantation, and 
was among those who suffered reverses through the Civil War; In her 
last years she was tenderly cared for in the home provided for reduced 
gentlewomen by that eminent philanthropist, Mr. William Wilson Cor- 
coran. Miss Ciraham was a charter member. N. S. D. A. R. 

607. Mrs. Isabella Litchfield Sturtevant. Keene. New Hampshire. 
Ashuelot Chapter. Born in Vermont, July 4, 1810; living, 1911. Wife of 
Luther Sturtevant. Daughter of Caleb Litchfield, of Mas.sachuseUs. and 
Betsey Dunbar, his wife. Caleb Litchfield served as a private in the 
coast guard; in the marines, and in the infantry. He was born May 
8, 1760. .Served in the expedition against Rhode Island. Mrs. Sturtevant 
was a charter member of the N. S. D. A. R. She was the youngest of 
nine children, and before her marriage was a teacher. She is the 
mother of Gen. John W. Sturtevant, of the Civil War. 

697. Mrs. Nancy Malinda Lynde, San Francisco, Cal. Sequoia 
Chapter. Born in \''ermont. February 27. 1795: died in California, Feb- 



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ruary 21, 1895. Widow of Aaron Phipps Lynde. Daughter of John 
Walker, of Connecticut, and Philey Spencer, his wife. As a bride, Mrs. 
Lynde greeted I^afavette when he vi.sited her native town, and danced 
with him at a ball given in his honor. Mrs. Lynde was a+so the grand- 
daughter of Matthew Wa'lker, who served in the Eleventh Regiment of 
Connecticut Militia. Nancy Malinda Walker married Aaron P. Lynde, 
1822. Mr. Lynde died in 18172, and Mrs. Lynde went to San Francisco. 
For a number of years after her arrival she taught in the Chinese Mis- 
sion. She resided with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Lynde Craig (Mrs. 
Scipio Craig), a well known writer and woman lawyer. Mrs. Lynde was 
a charter member of the National Society, D. A. R., and also of Sequoia 
Chapter, San Francisco. 

744. Mrs. Helen Elizabeth Hutton Sherwood, Philadelphia. Phila- 
delphia Chapter. Born in Troy, N. Y., 181 1; died in Philadelphia, No- 
vember 16, 1894. Wife of Rev. John Harvey Sherwood. Daughter of 
Timothy Hutton, and Arietta Smeeds, his second wife. Timothy Hut- 
ton served as a private and lieutenant during the Revolution. He was 
a brother of Col. Christopher Hutton, Second Regiment, New York Mili- 
tia, member of the Society of the Cincinnati. The Hutton famil)' named 
the city of Troy. Timothy Hutton afterwards went to New York and 
named Hutton Street. His residence, turned into a warehouse, is still 
standing. Mrs. Sherwood was a charter m,ember of the National Society, 
D. A. R., also of Philadelphia Chapter. Timothy Hutton died in New 
Jersey. 

1121, Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Goodrich, Minneapolis, Minn. Min- 
neapolis Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1813; died in Minnesota, 
September 23, 1893. Widow of David Goodrich. Daughter of Joshua 
Danforth and Salome Noble, his wife. Joshua Danforth entered the 
army at the age of 15, as clerk in the company of his father, Capt. 
Jonathan Danforth. Joshua was at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge and 
Monmouth; was commissioned paymaster in 1781 ; with rank of captain. 
He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from Massa- 
chusetts. In 1784, he married Salome Abigail Noble, and settled at 
Pittsfield, Mass. Held several offices and was a member of the State 
Legislature. In 1824. he was one of a committee to meet Lafayette at 
Pittsfield. Mrs. Goodrich was a charter member of Minneapolis Chap- 
ter, D. A. R. She had a sister, Mrs. Lucretia Perrin, of Mount Zion, 
New Hampshire, who was 102 on April 2, 1895. 

1138. Mrs. Louisa Rochester Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Born in 
New York. 1810. Widow of William Pitkin. Daughter of Col. Nathan- 
iel Rochester, of North Carolina, and Sophia Ikatty, his wife. Colonel 
Rochester was a member of the Committee of Safety of North Carolina, 
^775; member of the First Provincial Convention, 1777; member of 
Assembly ; paymaster and deputy commissary general. After the war 
he settled in New York State, and founded the city of Rochester. Was 
a promoter of the Erie Canal. Mrs. Pitkin held the office of Honorary 



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Vice President General of the National Society, Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution. She was also Honorary State Regent of New York. 
Mrs. Pitkin was her father's twelfth and youngest child. Lafayette, in 
1824, was entertained in their home. Mrs. Pitkin was the oldest member 
of St. Luke's P. E. Church. She died July 2, 1903. 

1516. Mrs. Milissa C. Bridgers, El Paso, Texas. George Wash- 
ington Chapter. Born in South Carolina. Daughter of James Tinsley, 
of South Carolina, and Susan Hooker, his wife. James Tinsley was one 
of four brothers. With his brother, Golding Tinsley, he fought in the 
battles of Stono, Savannah. Musgrove's Mill, King's Mountain, Black- 
stocks, Niinety-Six, Green Springs and Guilford Court House. The two 
brothers were at Yorktown — the other two fell early in the war. James 
Tinsley, at the age of 60, married, in Union District, S. C, Miss Susan 
Hooker, aged 16. In 1837, they went to Huntsville, Texas, where he 
died in 1843. 

1750. Miss Caroline Chase Moulton. Born in Vermont. Daughter 
of Phineas Moulton and Maria Cotton, his wife. IMiineas Moulton was 
a soldier in the Connecticut Line during the Revolution. 

1887. Mrs. Mary Jordan Newton, Athens, Ga. Born in North Car- 
olina, 1805. Widow of John Hamlin Newton. Daughter of John Jor- 
dan, of North Carolina, and Winifred Jordan (Jordan) his wife. John 
Jordan served in the Revolutionary War, from Northampton County, N. 
C. His daughter, Mrs. Newton, received from the U. S. Government a 
pension on account of his services, before the National Society, D, A, R., 
was organized. She was admitted as a member of Athens Chapter. John 
Jordan was a soldier under Col. Elbert, and was at the defence of Sav- 
annah, wdiere he was taken prisoner: contracted small-pox on the prison 
ship, and when recovered served until the siege and surrender of York- 
town. 

1891. Mrs. Esther Ann Littlefield Buck, West Arlington, Vt. Born 
in Vermont. Wife of Edward D. Buck. Daughter of Dr. Simeon Lit- 
tlefield, of Massachusetts, and Lydia Andrews, his wife. 

1892. Mrs. Laura Littlelield Buck. West Arlington, \'t. Born in 
Vermont. Wife of Anson Buck. Daughter of Dr. Simeon Littlefield. of 
Massachusetts, and Lydia Andrews, his wife. Two sisters, "Real Daugh- 
ters," married brothers. The sisters were admitted as members of 
Brownson Chapter. Mrs. Laura Littlefield 'Buck died in May, 1897. 
Simeon Littlefield entered the army very young; lived to receive a pen- 
sion for his services during the Revolution. 

2069. Miss Eliza Sandford, Bloomfield. N. J. Nova Caesarea Chap- 
ter. Born in New York. Daughter of William Sandford, of Newark. 
New Jersey. Sergt. William Sandford served under Captains Hunting- 
ton, Wheeler. Squire Gilman and Pierson. in the years 1777-78-79-80-81. 
Miss vSandford was a survivor of the band of little girls who strewed 
flowers before Lafayette on his visit to Newark, 1824. She died July 



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31, 1899. the last, but one of eighteen children. One sister was living 
at Danville, N. Y. 

2480. Miss Juliette Betts, Norwalk, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 
1805; died 1896. Norwalk Chapter. Daughter of Hezekiah Betts and 
Grace Handford, his wife (born 1765). Hezekiah Betts, in 1776, at the 
age of 16, enlisted in Capt. Gregory's Company, and in 1780 was ser- 
geant in the Second Regiment, Connecticut Line. He was at the Sur- 
render of Cornwallis, at Yorktown, and survived until 1837. jMiss Betts 
died September 18, 1896; aged 92 years 6 months 14 days. 

2633. Mrs. Jerusha Hay ward Brown, St. Paul, Alinn. St. Paul 
Chapter. Born in Vermont, 1823; living 191 1. Wife of Edward M. 
Brown. Daughter of Samuel Hayward, of Connecticut, and Sarah C. 
Hayward, his wife. Samuel Hayward, in 1781, was a soldier in Capt. 
James D'ana's Company, David VYaterbury's Battalion, raised for coast 
defence, and was for se\eral years under Heath's orders on the West- 
chester, (N. Y.) Line. Samuel Hayward was born 1763; died in 1837. 

2781. Mrs. Harriet F. Greene Warren, Wauwatosa, Wis. Milwau- 
kee Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, Dec. 29, 1817; died in Wiscon- 
sin, January 28, 1899. Wife of Joseph A. Warren. Daughter of Noah 
Greene (1761-1833), and Betsey H. Green, his third wife. Noah Greene, 
of Windsor, Mass., was in the militia service during the Revolutionary 
War; enlisted at the age of 15. Mrs. Warren was a member of the 
Woman's Club. She was the daughter of Noah Greene and his third 
wife, Betsey Harwood, who were married early in 1817, when Noah was 
56 years old, and Betsey, 2^. Noah Greene was a cousin of General 
Nathaniel Greene. He, Noah, served with his own father, and younger 
brother, Henry. Harriet taught school at W'indsor and Savoy; then 
went to Rush^'ille, where her father's brother , Henry, and her own 
brother re^sided, and attended Rushville Academy as a pupil. The fam- 
ily moved in 1837, and Harriet again taught. In 1839-40, went to 
Michigan to visit an aunt and rniotlier brother and taught once more. 
In 1844. she went to visit another brother in I'.rooklield. Wisconsin, 
and here met an old acquaintance from her childhood's home, Joseph 
Warren, a relative of Gen. Joseph W^arren, of Bunker Hill fame. Harriet 
sf)on became Mrs. Warren. 

3098. Miss Tirzah Morgan Parsons, Hartford, Conn. Ruth 
Wyllys Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, died 1900. Daughter of Israel 
Parsons (1762-1846), and Afary Marvin, his wife. Israel Parsons, when 
16 years old, enlisted as a private, and in 1778, was made superintendent 
of transportation of provisions for the military j)osts on the Hudson. He 
was commissary when Congress adjourned to Princeton, and he received 
the approval of Washington for successful efforts in furnishing supplies 
to the army. 

3343. Mrs. Sophia Maxwell Van Dolson Andrews, Des Moines, 
Iowa. Abigail Adams Chapter. Born in Elmira, N. Y., 1829. Daugh- 
ter. of John (Johannes) \^an Dolson, of New York (1752-1840), and Eliz- 



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abeth Carr, of Vermont, his second wife (m. 1811). John Van Dolson 
was a minute man at the first alarm, and served till the close of the war. 
He was with Washington that Christmas night, at Trenton, 1776; was 
at the Surrender of Burgoyne, and the siege of Yorktown. After the war 
he removed from Fishkill-on-the-Hndson, thence to Elmira, N. Y. In 
1835, the family moved to the wilds of Michigan. Mr. Van Dolson died 
at South Battle Creek. Sophia entered the University of Michigan at 
the age of 13. For several years subsequently, she taught summer 
schools, one of her pupils being Gen. Shafter. She was twice married, 
her second husband being Lorenzo F. Andrews. The well known ar- 
chitect, Mr. F. M. Andrews, of New York, is their son. Mrs. Andrews 
became a pioneer woman newspaper correspondent. She reported the 
proceedings of the Iowa Legislature, 1869-70, for the Chicago Evening 
Journal. She furnished descriptive letters for home papers from the 
Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876; and from the New Orleans 
Exposition, 1884. She is a member of the First Baptist Church; charter 
member of the Des Moines Women's Club; member of the Women's 
Press Club, of Des Moines, and other clubs. In 1907, at a meeting of the 
Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Oskaloosa, she was 
elected Honorary State Vice-president. Mrs. Andrews was first Regent 
of the Abigail Adams Chapter, D. A. R., of Des Moines, cjrganized 1893. 
Her sister, Mrs. Helen M. Van Dolson Barrett. Richland, Michigan, 
National Number 19,763, is a member of Louisa St. Clair Chapter. 

3379. Miss Emily Louise Gerry, New Haven, Conn. Mary Clap 
Wooster Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1802 ; died in Connecticut, 
Dec. 29, 1894. Daughter of Elbridge Gerry, and Ann Thompson, his 
wife. Elbridge Gerry was born at Marblehead. Mass., 1744; died in 
Washington, D. C, Nov. 23, 1814. He was a member of the Continen- 
tal Congress, 1776, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He 
was graduated at Harvard, 1762. Member of the Massachusetts Legis- 
lature, 1772. Member of the U. S. Congress, 1789-1793. Special Envoy 
to France, 1797. Governor of Massachusetts, 1810; Vice-president of the 
L'nited States, 1814. Miss Emily Louise Gerry was the youngest of six 
daughters, all hig-hly accomplished. She was a devout member of the 
Episcopal Church, and for many years a teacher in the Sunday school. 
She was a charter member of the Mary Clap Wooster Chapter, and its 
first Regent. 

3726. Mrs. Sarah Van Arsdale Van Nostrand, ?\Iillstone, N. J. 
Born in New Jersey, 1788; died December 15, 1893. Camp Middlebrook 
Chapter. Widow of John Van Nostrand. Daughter of Myndert Van 
Aisdale, of New Jersey, and Caty Hoagland, his wife. Mvndert Van 
Arsdale entered the Revolutionary service as a drummer boy! Later, he 
became a private, and served three years. He was at the battles of Tren- 
ton, Princeton and Monmouth. He was in General Frelinghuysen's Di- 
vision, and was one of the bearers at that officer's funeral. A piece of 
Van Arsdale's scarf, worn on that occasion, is deposited in the historical 



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collection in the Wallace House, Somerville, N. J. Sarah Van Arsdale 
was born in 1788, only 5 years after the close of the Revolutionary 
War. As Mrs. Van Nostrand. she joined the National Society of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, when 105 years of age. At that 
time, she was the oldest living member of the Dutch Reformed Church 
in America. She had never been out of her native State, and never re- 
sided more than three miles from her birthplace, Millstone, N. J. 

4005. Mrsi Mary Augusta Hyde Sherwood. Southport, Conn. 
Pequot Chapter. Born in Connecticut : died in 1894-. Widow of Ed- 
win Sherwood. Daughter of Jose()h Hyde (1761-1850). of Connecticut, 
and Arete Jesup, his wife. Joseph Hyde drove a team with supplies for 
the army at White I'lains; and in 1777 was under the command of Gen- 
eral Gold Sellick Silliman at the burning of Danbury. and the Battle 
of Ridgefield ; and, on April 28th, was wounded at Crompo Hill. Mrs. 
Sherwood, at the time of her death, was a member of Dorothy Ripley 
Chapter. 

4373. Mrs. Mary J. I>ennett, Woonsocket, R. I. Woonsocket 
Chapter. Born in Canada. Widow of William J. Bennett. Daughter 
of Joseph L' Esperance, and Tryphena Plumbley, his wife. Joseph 
L'Esperance, when a boy of sixteen, came to America with Lafayette in 
1777. Joseph served as Fife Major, and remained in the army luitil 
the close of the war. 

4393- Miss Rhoda Augusta Thompson. W^aterbury, Conn. Meli- 
cent Porter Chapter. Born in New York, 1821 ; living igii. Daughter 
of Thaddeus Thompson, of Connecticut (1762-1829), and Rhoda Sperry, 
his wife. Thaddeus Thompson was a bombardier in the regiment of 
Artillery commanded by Col. John Lamb, at Crompo Hill, where their 
brave colonel was wounded. In the George W^ashington Memorial 
Chapel at Valley Forge is a brass memorial tablet, which was dedicated 
December 19. 1906. F'ollovving is the inscription in full: "To the Glory 
of God and in Memory of Thaddeus Thompson, of Connecticut. Born 
March 5, 1762; Died June t6, 1829. Who faithfully served his Country 
as Drummer-boy and Bombardier during the Revolution, enduring the 
hardships of Valley Forge, and being wounded at Yorktown. This 
tablet is erected by his daughter, Rhoda Augusta Thompson, in grateful 
remembrance of a loving father, a loyal patriot and a devout church- 
man," 

4797, Mrs. Betsey Parker Jeralds, Meriden, Conn. Ruth Hart 
Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1807; died 1901. Wife of Rev. Thomas 
Jeralds. Daughter of Stephen Parker, (1759- 1840), of Connecticut, and 
Rebecca Ray. his wife. Stephen Parker turned out at the Lexington 
Alarm, and in 1777 served in Captain James Peck's Company. Col. Roger 
Enos' Regiment. In 1781. he. Stephen, was in the "vShort Levies." when 
Major Andre was captured by the three young militia men. of whom he 
wrote : "though they were poor would not release him and sell their honor 
and their country for gold." Stephen Parker was a private in the Sev- 



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enth Connecticut Kcginient, commanded by Col. Swift. Betsey Parker 
married, June 27, 1844, the Rev Thomas Jcralds, a Methodist Circuit 
Preacher. She had a grandson who served in the Philippines. In early 
life, she had been a teacher in Meriden. Her brother, Hon. Charles 
Parker, Meriden's first Mayor, and a "Real Son,"' was living in 1904, 
aged 85. 

5035. Mrs. Lucy Stanton Wheeler, Old Mystic, Conn. Anna War- 
ner Bailey Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1806. Widows of Joseph 
Wheeler. Daughter of Edward Stanton (1761-1832). of Connecticut, 
and Martha Page, his wife. Following is the inscription copied from 
the tombstone of Edward Stanton : "A Revolutionary hero and a true 
patriot, wdio died July 27, 1832. He was dangerously wounded near 
the heart, at Fort Cirisw^old, September 6, 1781. As a patriot, he was 
justly ranked in the highest order, volunteering to defend his country in 
her darkest hours, and amid the most fearful peril. Honor to the brave." 
Edward Stanton was a survivor of the Massacre of Fort Griswold. He 
was so dangerously w^ounded that the heart was exposed. A compas- 
sionate British officer stopped the flow of blood with a knitted nightcap, 
and the young American's life was saved. 

5154. Mrs. Hannah Philips Eaches, Phoenixville, Pa. Chester 
County Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1802, April 6th. Widow" of 
Jacob .Stille and of Eber Eaches. Daughter of Josiah Philips, of Penn- 
sylvania, and Sarah Thomas, his wife. Josiah Philips was one of four 
brothers who served in the Chester County Militia. In 1777, the offi- 
cers of the Second Company, Seventh Battalion were as follows:. Cap- 
tain, Da\'id Philips; First Lieutenant. John Philips; Second Lieutenant, 
Josiah Philips; Ensign, Joshua Philips. The Chester County Militia 
participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. Mrs. Eaches 
died March 17. 1900; aged 98. Among her surviving children is the 
Rev. Owen Philips Eaches, D. D., pastor of the church at Hightstown, 
N^. J. vShe had lived nearly a century in sight of Valley Forge. She 
was interred at Old Vincent Baptist Church, Chester County, wMth sev^ 
eral generations of the Philips family. 

5764. Mrs. Lucy B. Fish. Fair Haven, Mass. Born in Massachu- 
setts ; ; died Sept. 16. 1894. Wife of Roland Fish. Daughter 
of Nathaniel Pope, of Massachusetts, and^Iary Barstow, his wife. Na- 
thaniel Pope, in 1775, was lieutenant on the-^^uccess," in a volunteer 
naval expedition that recaptured two provincial vessels from the Brit- 
ish sloop of war, "Falcon," in Buzzard's Bay, one of the first naval ac- 
tions of the Revolution. This occurred three weeks after the Battle 
of Lexington. A\"arren and Prescott Chapter. Boston. 

6110. Mrs. Sarah Anderson Kendrick. Cincinnati. Ohio. Cincinnati 
Chapter. Born in Kentucky, 1822; died in Ohio. 1895. W'idow^ of An- 
drew Kendrick. Daughter of Richard Clough Anderson and Sarah Mar- 
shall, his second wife. Richard Clough Anderson was captain of the 
Fifth Virginia Regiment in the New York Campaign. He was wounded 



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at Trenton ; fought at Brandywine, camped at Valley Forge ; served at 
Monmouth and Savannah, and was captured at Charleston. He was 
aid-de-camp to Lafayette, at Yorktown, and an original member of the 
Cincinnati. He attained the rank of Brigadier General. He was born 
in Virginia, 1759; died October 16, 1826. in Jefferson County, Kentucky. 
Mrs. Kendrick was a sister of Col. Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter fame. 
She was the youngest of seventeen children. After the death of Gen- 
eral Anderson, the family moved to Chillicothe, Ohio. Sarah was ed- 
ucated in the best schools in Cincinnati. In Chillicothe, 1848, she mar- 
ried Andrew D. Kendrick, a young lawyer, and went with hrni to Mus- 
catine, Iowa. Mr. Kendrick died, 1858, and Mrs. Kendrick returned to 
Cincinnati. During the Civil War, she had an enviable record and 
took charge of a Soldiers' Hospital for six months. She was an enthus- 
iastic charitable worker, and a devout member of St. Paul's Episcopal 
Church, ' . ' 

6259. Mrs. Maria Cheney^ Hall, Jamestown, N*. Y. New York 
City Chapter. Born in Vermont, January 12, 1806. Wife of James 
Hall. Daughter of Ebenezer Cheney (i 761-1828), of Massachusetts, 
and Anna Nelson, his wile. E^nezer Cheney, 1777, when sixteen years 
of age, enlisted in Capt. Mose"s Harvey's Company, Col. David Weil's 
Regiment, on duty in the Noi;^hern Department. Ebenezer served four 
enlistments. Mrs. Hall was transferred to the Jamestown Chapter, of 
which, she was a charter member. She was born at Dover, Vermont ; 
removed to Chautauqua County, New York, then the "Far West," where 
she lived 90 years. Her family were among the pioneers of this region. 
She died January 17, 1903. 

6362. Mrs. Eliza Andrew Brown, Kirkwood, Illinois. General 
de Lafayette Chapter, Lafayette, Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania. 1802 ; 
died March, 1896. Widow of John Brown. Daughter of Dr. John An- 
drew, of New Jersey (1745-1814), and Elizabeth McConnell, his second 
wife. John Andrew, at the beginning of the war, served as surgeon's 
mate, and in 1776, was commissioned, "Surgeon of the Militia." 

6436. Mrs. Angeline Spering Smith Hess, PJoston, Mass. W' arren 
and Prescott Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania; died April 18, 1898. 
Widow of Allen Smith and of Elisha Martin Hess. Daughter of John 
Spering (1755-1846), and Sarah Clackner, his wife. John Spering, of 
Pennsylvania, in 1775, entered the Continental service, and served to 
the close of the war. He fought at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown 
and Monmouth, and suffered the privations of Valley Forge, yet lived 
to be over ninety. In 1846. he read with keen interest the news from 
the Mexican War. 

6459. Mrs. Nancy Lord Stanton, Mystic, Conn. Fanny Ledyard 
Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 181 1 ; died 1896. Widow of Samuel 
Stanton (m. i830- Daughter of Isaac Wheeler, Jr.. of Connecticut 
(1768-1856) and Olive Burdick. his second wife (m. 1810). Isaac 
Wheeler, Jr., in 1776. wlien but eiglit years of age, went as a <irtun- 



mer and fifer with his father, Lieutenant Isaac Wheeler, to Newport, R. 
1. Mrs. Stanton's family still have a furlough g-ranted to "Lieutenant 
Isaac Wheeler and son, Isaac," dated March lo, 1776. In 1781, Isaac, 
Jr., was captured on a privateer, and rescued by the French fleet off 
the Chesapeake. lie witnessed the Surrender of Cornwallis. Mrs. 
Stanton died at Stonington, Conn., December 22, 1896; aged 85. She 
was a sister of Miss Mary A. Wheeler, National xN umber, 24,520. 

6680. Miss Abby Holt, Bridgeport, Conn. Mary Silliman Chapter. 
Born in Connecticut, 1811. Daughter of Nathaniel Holt (died i8[4) 
and Abigail (Nabby) Stanton, his wife. Miss Holt was the young- 
est of ten children. Nathaniel Holt, 1778, enlisted in Connecticut for 
three years, and served under Capt. x\mos Stanton and Capt. Samuel 
William Williams, Third Regiment. Miss Holt outlived all her near 
relatives. Mary Silliman Chapter, D. A. R., placed her in the "Starl- 
ing Home," Bridgeport, Conn., and tenderly cared for her during her 
last years. 

7138. Mrs. Jane Bevier Lamb, Clinton, Iowa, Clinton Chapter. 
Born in New York ; died 1897. Wife of Chancy Lamb. 

Daughter of David Bevier, of New York, and Sally Ann Gear, his wife. 
David'Bevier, 1778, was adjutant of the Third Lester County Regiment 
of New York Militia, at the age of 19. Mrs. Lamb was a charter mem- 
ber of Clinton Chapter, Iowa, along with her daughter and granddaugh- 
ter. She died March 5, 1897. 

7656. Mrs. Lucinda Page Proctor, Portland, Maine. Elizabeth 
Wadsworth Chapter. Born in Maine, 1812. Widow of John C. Proctor. 
Daughter of James March (1769-1823), and Sally Jose, his wife. James 
March, 1780, when eleven years of age, enlisted at Gorham, as a fifer 
under Capt. Jedediah Goodwin and Col. Joseph Prime, Massachusetts. 
In 1781, he served as a private in Cai^t. John Reed's Company, Col. Sam- 
uel McCobb's Regiment. James March was afterward Colonel in the 
State Militia. He had a family of eight daughters, of whom, Mrs. 
Proctor w^as the last survivor. 

8098. Miss Mary J. Robbins, Bristol, Conn. Katharine Gavlord 
Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1822; died 1901. Daughter of Ebenezer 
Robbins (1758-1849). and Zernah Carpenter, his second wife. Ebenezer 
Robbins, of Connecticut, in 1775, at the age of seventeen, enlisted in 
Capt. Daniel Lyon's Company. He was in Knowlton's Rangers at Har- 
lem Plains, when their colonel was killed, and at the battles of Trenton 
and Princeton. He served to the close of the war. and was a pensioner 
wlien he died at the age of 91. 

8168. Mrs. Louisa He.ston Paxson, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Born 
in Philadelphia County, February 16, 1801 ; died at Schuylkill Haven, 
March, 1899. Merion Chapter. Widow of John J, Paxson. Daughter 
of Col. Edward Heston and his second wife, Sarah Hall. Edward Hes- 
ton was born in Bucks County. Pa., March r6, 1745; died in Philadelphia 
County, 1824. He was the founder of Hestonville, now included in West 



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Philadelphia. He served in the J'hiladelphia County Militia, 1777-8. 
After the war, he was a member of tiie State Legislature. Later. Judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Paxson was the youngest child of 
the second wife. Her family^ were all members of the Society of 
Friends. 

8169. Mrs. Maria Sumner \'inton, Hartford, Conn. Member-at- 
large. Born in Connecticut. Widow of Seth Vinton. Daughter of 
Benjamin Sumner and Ruth Palmer, his wife. Benjamin Sumner, at 
the age of 19, was taken prisoner in Canada, while serving under Ethan 
Allen, carried to London and detained a year. He was imprisoned in 
the Tower of London. Mrs. Vinton was born 1803; ^^^^^^ ^^ New London. 
Conn., Oct., 1898. She married Seth Vinton, who died i860, aged 70. 
Their son was the Rev. Joseph Vinton, a well-known Methodist minis- 
ter. 

8666. Mrs. Caroline Holt Clark. New London, Conn. Lucretia 
Shaw Chapter. Born in Connecticut. 1804. IDaughter of Ebenezer 
Holt, Jr., (1760-1835), of Connecticut, and Elizabeth Christopher, his 
wife. Mrs. Clark was the wife of Chas. H. Clark. Ebenezer Holt. Jr., 
1778, served in Sullivan's Brigade, which was engaged in the Battle of 
Rhode Island. His name is on the list of pensioners in New London 
County. 

8679. Miss Mahala Terry. Simsbury, Conn. Abigail Phelps Chap- 
ter. Born in Connecticut. 1802. Daughter of Samuel Terry (1753- 
18381), and Elizabeth Phelps, his wife. Samuel Terry, 1776, served in 
Col. Jonathan Pettibone's Regiment, and wrote a graphic account of the 
retreat from New York. He was under Capt. Job Case in transporting 
cannon balls from the iron works at Salisbury to Boston. Elizabeth 
Phelps. Miss Terry's mother, was a niece of Major General Noah Phelps, 
of Connecticut. 

8717. Mrs. Sarah Grove Ashe Hall, Albany, Ga. Thronateeska 
Chapter. Born in North Carolina. Wife of Judge Samuel Hall. 
Daughter of Samuel Ashe. Jr.. (b. 1762), and Elizabeth Shepperd, his 
wife, of North Carolina. Samuel Ashe, Jr., in 1779. at the age of sev- 
enteen, entered the army as a lieutenant. He was captured at Charleston, 
and when exchanged served to the close of the war. Samuel, Jr., was 
the son of Samuel Ashe, President of the Council of Safety; delegate to 
the Provincial Congress: Judge of the Supreme Court (1777), and Gov- 
ernor of the State. 

8865. Mrs. Isabella White Allen, Mill Hall. Pa. Col. Hugh White 
Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1815: died 1898. \\'ife of James Sul- 
livan Allen. Daughter of Col. Htigh White, and Charlotte VVeitzel. his 
second \yife. Col. Hugh White was born 1737; died 1822. In 1775. 
served on the Committee of Safety of Northumberland County. Pa., and 
commanded a company of associators. He was the founder of Lock 
Haven, Pa. Served, also, in the War of 1812. In 1814, when seventy- 
seven years old, he married, as his second wife, Charlotte Weitzel, many 



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years his junior. His daughter, Isabella, born February 23, 181 5, was the 
last survivor of eleven children. With her daughter and granddaughter, 
she was a charter member of the Col. Hugh White Chapter. Mrs. Is- 
abella White Allen resided at Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pa. 

8902. Mrs. Mary Anne Bradley McQuesten, San Francisco, Cal., La 
I'uerta del Oro Chapter. Born in Maine, 1807; died in California, 1899. 
Widow of Daniel F. McQuesten. Daughter of Samuel Bradley, Jr., 
(1764-1851) of Massachusetts, and Abigail Pike, his wife. Samuel Brad- 
ley, jr., 1775. with his brother Wingate, turned out from Haverhill in 
Capt. Micajah Gleason's Company. In 1776, they enlisted in the priva- 
teer service, and after taking many prizes, were captured and confined 
at Halifax until the close of the war, with 400 others. After the war, 
Samuel Bradley removed to Maine, and took up law practice. Mrs. Mc- 
Questen was the oldest member of the First Congregational Church, 
San Francisco. She was the mother of Dr. Charles A. McQuesten, Sur- 
geon of the Fourth L^. S. Cavalry, stationed in Manilla. 

8968. Mrs. Martha Babcock Noyes, W^esterly, R. I. Anna War- 
ner Bailey Chapter, Conn. Born in Rhode Island, 1806; died 1900. 
W-'ife of George W^ Noyes. Daughter of Sanford Nioyes, of R. L, and 
Martha Babcock, his wife. Sanford Noyes served in the ranks during 
the Revolution, and carried dispatches. He died in i860, and his widow 
received a pension for his services. The family resided near Noyes 
Point, R. I. Mrs. Noyes well remembered the War of 1812. A Brit- 
ish ship attacked their locality and Martha, then six years old, barelv 
escaped being struck by a ball. During the Civil \Yar she was one of 
those ladies who organized the Soldiers' Aid Society. 

8975. Miss Charlotte Augusta Burbeck, New London, Conn. Lu- 
cretia Shaw Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1818; died 1897. 

Daughter of Henry Burbeck (1754- 1848), and Lucy Elizabeth Rudd, his 
wife. Henry Burbeck, of Massachusetts, 1775, entered the Artillery as 
lieutenant, and commanded a company at Brandywine, Germantown 
and Monmouth. He served to the close of the war, and was president 
of the State Society of the Cincinnati. 

8985. Mrs. Hannah Fish Fletcher, Washington, D. C. Member- 
at-large. Born in New Jersey ; died 1897. Wife of Thomas Fish 

Fletcher. Daughter of Joseph Fish, of New Jersey (1757-1844) and 
Penelope Fish, his wife. Joseph Fish, 1776, when boats were needed 
to cross the Delaware that terrible Christmas night, assisted in ferrying 
the army, and his clothes froze on him. On July 4. 1826, the survivors 
of that event had a re-union, and he received a badge that the familv 
now prize. 

9076. Miss Hannah Lincoln Manson, Cambridge, Mass. Hannah 
W^inthrop Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1832. Daughter of Nehe- 
miah Manson (1761-1832), and Mercy Jenkins, his wife. Nehemiah Man- 
son, 1777, at the age of sixteen, enlisted for the expedition to Rhode 
Island, and served under different commands to the close of the war. 



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He enlisted from Scituate, Mass. Miss Hannah Lincoln Manson was for 
years a teacher in Boston. At the age of seventy, she still wrote papers 
and read them at chapter meetings. She was a sister of Mrs. Mercy 
Lincoln Faxon, of Lawrence, Kansas, N'ational number. 12.813. 

9163. Mrs. Lucy Mathews Patch Higbee. Minneapolis, Minn. 
Born in Vermont, 1802; died in Minnesota, 1895, Nov. 22nd. Daughter 
of Ephraim Patch, Jr., (1757-1838), of Massachusetts, and Mary Bur- 
nell, his wife. Ephraim Patch, Jr., 1775, served in Arnold's expedition, 
and was at the Siege of Quebec, in Capt. Israel Chapin's Company. Col. 
John I'ellow's Regiment. Ephraim was a pensioner when he died in 
New York, in 1838. 

9474. Mrs. Mary Spicer Gates, Poquetannock, Conn. y\nna War- 
ner Bailey Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1813. 

Wife of Noah Gates. Daughter of Abel Spicer, of Connecticut (1760- 
1849), ^^^ Sarah Parke, his first wife. Abel Spicer, 1776, at the age of 
16, enlisted as a private in Captain Jonathan Brewster's Company, Hun- 
tington's Regiment. In 1779, he served on the frigate. "Confederacy," 
and in 1780, as a soldier at West Point under Col. Samuel B. Webb. He 
died at Pr^eston, U849. Abel Spicer was one of those who aided in 
stretching the chain across the Hudson river at W^est Point, to prevent 
the British from going up the stream. 

9475. Mrs. Elizabeth Spicer Fox, Woodstock, Conn. Anna War- 
ner Bailey Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1820; living 191 1. Wife of 
iMndley Fox. Daughter of Abel Spicer, of Connecticut, and Sarah 
Rose, his third wife. Mrs. Fox is a half-sister of Mrs. Mary Spicer 
Gates (National Number, 9474). Mr. and Mrs. Findley Fox celebrated 
their golden wedding, 1896. 

9481. Mrs. Rachel Spicer Packer, Preston, Conn. Anna Warner 
Bailey Chapter. Wife of Nelson G. Packer. Daughter of Abel Spicer, 
and Sarah Rose, his third wife. Mrs. Packer was born in Connecticut. 
1822; living 191 1. It is said of these three sisters that they are talented, 
agreeable women greatly esteemed in the communities where they 
live. 

9482. Mrs. Sally M. Davis Brayton, Stonington, Conn. Anna 
"Warner Bailey Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1811; died October 18. 
1900. W^ife of Atwood R. Brayton. Daughter of Samuel Davi^. of 
Connecticut (1759-1826) and Lucy Dewey, his wife. Samuel Davis en- 
listed in 1776, at the age of seventeen, and was in the battles of Tren- 
ton and Princeton. Also, served at the Battle of Groton Heights. Conn., 
September 6. 1781. He was a grandson of the noted Quaker, Peter 
Davis. ~ 

9498- Miss Asenath IIoAve. Stafford Springs, Conn. Lucretia 
Shaw Chapter. Born in Connecticut. 1801 ; died 1899. Daughter of 
Israel Howe, of Connecticut (1759-1845) and Hannah Washburn, his 
wife. Israel Howe. 1781, served at West Point, in Col. Samuel Canfield's 
Regiment. He was a pensioner when he died at Stafford, in 1845. 



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9713- ^Iis- Betsey Men-ill Llall, Manehesler, N. H. Molly Stark 
Chapter, f'urn in New Hanii)shire; died 1900. Wife of I.itther W. Hall- 
Daughter of Simon Merrill (i 753-1840), and Mary Marston. his wife. 
Simon Merrill, of New Hampshire, fought at Bunker Hill, in Capt. He/e- 
kiah Hutchins' Company, Col. James Reed's Regiment. He was ensign 
and lieutenant under Col. Joseph Cilley. and served three years. Died 
at Sandown, in 1840. In 1777, Simon Merrill was ensign under Capt. 
Amos Emerson, and lieutenant in the Sullivan expedition, 1779, against 
the Six Nations. 

9720. Mrs. Mary Clark Cordery, Absecon, N. J. Lafayette Chap- 
ter. Atlantic City. Born in New Jersey. : died 1900. Widow 
of Absalom Cordery. Daughter of Parker Clark, of New Jersey [i/S^- 
1844). and Martha Leak, his wife. Parker Clark served in the Glouces- 
ter County Militia, and was a pensioner when he died in 1844; aged 92. 

9736. Mrs. Louisa Rachel Woodruff; Binghamton, N. Y. Tuscarora 
Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1819. Wife of Levi Woodruff. Daugh- 
ter of Joseph Thompson, of Connecticut, (1755-1829), and Ruby Rust, 
his wife. Joseph Thompson, 1776, enlisted for the war at the age of 
nineteen, in Capt. Peter Robertson's Company, Col. Heman Swift's Reg- 
iment. He died at Tolland, 1829. Served to the close of war. Mrs. 
Woodruff died June 22, 1903, in Binghamton. She was born in Coven- 
try, Connecticut, w^hen her father was sixty-three years old. Mrs. 
Woodruff married twice. At the age of 39 she w^as left a widow with 
two children. These she reared and educated, at the same time suc- 
cessfully conducting the manufacturing business in which her husband 
had been engaged. In 1868, she married Levi Woodruff', who died in 
1879. 

9789. Mrs. Anna Clark Morse, Rome, N. Y. Cherry Valley Chap- 
ter. Born in New York, ; died Jan. 6, 1898. Wife of Hon. 
C)liver A. Morse. Daughter of Jerome Clark, of Connecticut (1756-1850) 
and Nancy Ripley, his wife. Jerome Clark was at Bunker Hill, the 
Siege of Boston and the Battle of White Plains. He served on the priv- 
ateer "Nancy,"' where he was severely wounded. Mrs. INIorse was Re- 
gent of the Cherry Valley Chapter, and delegate to the Continental Con- 
gress, in Washington, D. C, February, 1897. Her father. Jerome Clark, 
was one of those who took part in the demolition of the statue of George 
TIL. which stood on the Bowling Green, at the foot of Broadwav, New 
York. 

9794. Miss Sarah Gridley, Salina. N. Y. ( )wahgena Chapter. 
Born in New York, 1812. Daughter of Isaiah Gridley. of Connecticut, 
(1761-1813), and Lucy Lindsley, his wife. Isaiah (^iridley, 1776, enlisted 
before the age of sixteen. He was wounded, taken prisoner and carried 
to Canada, but after many hardships he made his escape. He was with 
the suffering army at Valley Forge, and served to the close of the w^ar. 
He died at Salina, N. Y. Miss Sarah Gridley died in 1903. 



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9914- Mrs. Mary Lightfoot Garland, Lynchbnrfj, \'a. Blue Ridge 
("hapter. Born in \'irg-inia, ; died April, igo8. Widow of 

Samuel Garland. Daug-hter of Capt. Jesse Anderson, and Elizabeth 
West Jones, his wife. 

10,033- Mrs. JVIartha (i. Lufkin Brown, Essex, Mass. Memher-at- 
large. Born in Mass., 1804. Wife of Charles Brown. Daughter of 
Moses Lufkin, (1755-1846), and Martha Giddings, his wife. Moses 
Eufkin, of Massachusetts, was ploughing in the field, when he heard 
the alarm from Lexington. He served as a drummer at the Siege of 
Boston. His account of the suffering army at Valley Forge is remem- 
bered by tiiis descendant, who was forty-two years old when her father 
died, in 1846; aged 91. !Moses Lufkin served as a drummer in Capt. 
Richard Dodge's Company, Col. Laomi Baldwin's Regiment. This reg- 
iment took part in the defense of New York. Mrs. Martha Giddings 
Lufkin Brown died Nov., 1895, aged gi, at the home of her daughter, in 
Essex, Mass. 

10,291. Mrs. Catherine Robards Stirman, Fayetteville, x\rk. Mary 
Fuller Percival Chapter, Van Buren, Ark. Born in Mercer County, Ken- 
tucky, 1815: died, Nov. 19. 1900. Wife of Hon. J. H. Stirman (m. 1838). 
Daughter of George Robards (1760-1833) of Virginia, and Elizabeth 
Barbara Sampson, his wife (m. 1785), George Robards, 1777, at the age 
of seventeen, enlisted for three years in Capt. Moses Hawkins' Company, 
Col. Charles Lewis' Regiment. He served as lieutenant in 1780, under 
Capt. Edmund Curds, and commanded a company under Lafayette at 
Yorktown. He was at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony 
Point and Camden. He was a pensioner when he died in Mercer Coun- 
ty, Ky. His daughter, Catharine, moved to Marion County, ^lissouri, 
1836; and to Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1839, where she died. 

10,301. Mrs. Angelina Loring Avery, Willimantic, Conn. Anne 
Wood Elderkin Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1839, living 1911. Wife 
ni Elisha B. Avery. Daughter of Solomon Loring, of Connecticut (1767- 
1842), and Angelina Sawyer, his third wife. Solomon Loring, 1781, en- 
listed from Hingham, when a lad, and served three years. He was a 
pensioner when he died at Lebanon, in 1842, aged 75. He had served 
under Col. Vose, and on the Hudson. Mrs. Avery was admitted to the 
National Society at the age of 56. Her father was 72 years old at the 
time of her birth. 

10,359. Miss Anna Maria Benton, Windsor. Conn, .^bigail Wol- 
cott Ellsworth Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1797; died May 13, 1898. 
Daughter of Elihu Stanley Benton, of Connecticut. (1762-1829), and 
Anna Filley, his wife. Elihu Stanley Benton. 1780, served in the Levies, 
in the Third Regiment, Connecticut Line. He died at Windsor, where 
he was born. Miss Benton joined the Congregational Church in 1815. 
She was one of the earliest members of the Missionary Society, and con- 
tributed to the FTome Department up to the time of her death. For 
many years she was active as a Home Missionary, .^s early as 1815, 



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she founded a Sunday school, and continued to teacli until an advanced 
age. 

10,442. Mrs. Lydia Rullard Clayes, Portland, Maine. Letitia 
(ireene Stevens6n Chapter, 111. Born in Massachusetts, 1803. \\ idow 
of Hollis Clayes. Daughter of Aaron Bullard (1761-1846) of Massa- 
chusetts and Jerusha Littlefield, his wife. Aaron Bullard, 1777, served 
as Corporal of Capt. Daniel Eames' Company in the expedition to Rhode 
Island. He died at Framingham, jn 1846. 

10,750. Mrs. Catharine Rockwell Bowden, Honesdale, Pa. Valley 
Forge Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1812; died 1902. Widow of John 
Bowden. Daughter of Jabez Rockwell, of Connecticut (1761-1847) and 
Elizabeth Mulford (1780-1855). Jabez Rockwell, 1777, enlisted as a 
drummer from Ridgefield, at sixteen, and served to the close of the war. 
He was a pensioner when he died near Honesdale, Pa., in 1847. Mrs. 
Bowden was a sister of Lucinda R. V^alentine, National Number 13,769; 
and of Mrs. Phebe R. Gainfort, Meriden, Conn., National Number, 

21,905- 

10,813. Mrs. Mary Morriss Smith, Lebanon, Tenn. Born in North 
Carolina, 1802: died 1895. Wife of Henry Fuller Smith. Daughter of 
Rev. Edward Morriss, of Virginia, and Elizabeth Cary Whittaker, his 
wife. Edward Morriss, 1779, enlisted as a soldier, and when it was - 
ascertained that he was a Wesleyan preacher, he was detailed to serve 
as Chaplain. He died in Wilson County, Tennessee, in 1830, aged 74. 
Several times, Mr. Morriss preached when Washington and his staff were 
in the congregation. Edward and his two elder brothers were among 
the earliest Methodist ministers in Virginia. Mary Morriss was well- 
educated for her day, and in 1824, she was a teacher in a school near 
Lebanon. At the time of her death, Mrs. Smith was a member of Cum- 
berland Chapter. 

10,844. Mrs. Louise Kirwan Capron Thiers, Milwaukee. Wis. Mil- 
waukee Chapter. Born in New York, 1814. Wife of David B. Thiers. 
Daughter of Dr. Seth Capron. of Massachusetts (1762-1835). and Eunice 
Mann, his wife (born 1764). Seth Capron, 1780, enlisted for three vears 
in Capt. Simon Larned's Company, Col. Wm. Shepard's Regiment. He 
died at Walden, N. Y.. in 1835. He had serVed at West Point. Mrs. 
Thiers is a pleasing writer of prose and verse. A sketch of the life of 
her father, written by herself, appears in the American Monthly Maga- 
zine, October, 1896. Mrs. Thiers was born in 1814, when her father 
was fifty-two years of age; her mother, tifty. She. Mrs. Thiers, is 
still living, 1911. She is a sister of General Horace Capron, of the Civil 
War. 

10,911. Mrs. Mary Todd Hall, Meriden, Conn. Ruth Hart Chap- 
ter. Born in Connecticut, 1805 : died Nov. 15. 1897. Wife of Orrin Hall. 
Daughter of Thelus Todd (1763-1846). and Irene Rogers, his wife. 
Thelus Todd was drafted when a boy, and was a soldier at Fort Gris 
wold. He had two older brothers, who served during the war. Lie 



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died in 1846,^ at Norlliford, Cmni., where he was born, ffis father and 
brothers had made gunlocks ft>r the soldiers, and had also been in active 
service. When the father of Thelns was taken sick, Thelus took his 
place in the ranks. When it became known that Thelus was actually 
going to the front, the neighbors for miles around, collected and brought 
him as much powder and ball as he could carry. 

10,962. ]\lrs. Selina Fowler Belden, Simsbury, Conn. Abigail 
Phelps Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1806: died 1899. Wife of Hor- 
ace Belden. Daughter of Lieut. Bildad Fowler, of Massachusetts (1740- 
1814), and Rachel Hopkins, his wife. Bildad Fowler enlisted in the 
Third Hampshire Regiment and served in the Burgoyne Campaign. He 
died at Sufifield. Conn. ^ 

11.041. Miss Mary Stebbins Cooley, .Springfield. Mass. Mercy 
Warren Chapter. Daughter of Roger Cooley, Jr.. of Massachusetts, and 
Electa Smith, his wife. Miss Cooley was born in Massachusetts, 181O. 
Roger Cooley, Jr., enlisted as a soldier when a youth, and was on duty 
at West Point when Andre was executed. He died 1843, aged 83. 

11.042. Mrs. Clara B. Harwood Walker, Springfield. Mass. Mcrc>- 
Warren Chapter. Born in Massachusetts. .1812. Wife of Lewis Emoi y 
Walker. Daughter of Peter Harwood. J.r., (1763-1836), and Elizabeth 
Airmet, his wife. Peter Harwood, Jr., served with his father at Bunker ^ 
Hill, White Plains and West Point. Peter, Jr., died at Spencer, 1836. 
Mrs. Walker died October 12, 1902, aged 90. 

11.343- Mrs. Asburyna Tilden Phelps. Lynchburg. Va. Blue Ridge 
Chapter. Born in Virginia, 1808. Widow of Richard Phelps. Daugh- 
ter of Lieut. John Bell Tilden, of Pennsylvania, and Jane Chambers, his 
wife (of York, Pa.). John Bell Tilden. 1779, entered the army as en- 
sign, and was at the surrender of Yorktown. where he was appointed 
to receive »the surrendered arms. He served to the close of the war. 
and became a member of the Cincinnati. He was born in Philadelphia. 
1761, and died in Virginia, 1838. 

11,366. Mrs. Abigail Atwater Bradley, Meriden, Conn. Susan Car- 
rington Clarke Chapter. Born in Connecticut, October 17. 1800; died 
May 5. 1897. Widow of Levi Bradley. Daughter of Samuel Atwater, 
of Connecticut and Patience Peck, his wife. Samuel Atwater (born 1757) 
served as a drummer in Capt. Nathaniel Bunnell's Company, Wads- 
worth's Brigade, at the battles of Long Island. Kip's Bay and White 
Plains. His father, Abraham Atwater*. and brother Lsaac also served. 
Mrs. Bradley was the eighth of ten children. 

11,474. Mrs. Melinda Jane Perham Roberts. Chicago. 111. Rock- 
ford Chapter, 111. Born in Vermont, 1823 ; living 191 1. Wife 
of Eli F. Roberts. Daughter of Ezckiel Perham. of Massachusetts 
(1764-1842) and Phebe Allen, his wife. Ezekiel Perham enlisted, ,1780. 
at the age of sixteen, and was honorably discharged, after three years' 
service. He was born at Pepperill, Mass. : died at Perryburg. N. Y. 
He served in the Seventh Company, Third Massachusetts Regiment, at 



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the end nf three rears was discharq-ed at W est Point. Deccml)er i8th. 
1783. His discharge paper is in possession of his dauj^hter, Mrs. Rob- 
erts. 

11,561. Mrs. Susan Ann Brimhall Wood, East Hanipton. Mass. 
Submit Clark Chapter. Born in Massachusetts. Daughter of Silvanus 
Brimhall, of Massachusetts. (1758-1839) and Lucy Lincoln, his wife. 
Silvanus Brimhall, 1776, at the age of seventeen, enlisted in Capt. Thomas 
Mayhew's Company, for one year; served five subsequent enlistments. 
He was a pensioner when he died at H'ardwick. His daughter, Susan 
Ann Brimhall, married Hiram Nelson Wood. 

11,594. Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth McDonald. Minneapolis. Minn. 
Minneapolis Chapter. Born in New York, August 11, 1821 : died, igoi. 
Wife of \\'illiam Henry McDonald. Daugh.ter of John Palmer, of Mas- 
sachusetts. (1766-1848), and Irena Butler, his wife. John Palmer, at the 
age of sixteen, enlisted from Great Barrington, in the Berkshire County 
Militia. He died at Canisteo, N. Y. Mrs. McDonald was the youngest 
of eleven children. She died April 2, 1901, at the residence of her daugh- 
ter. The Minneapolis Chapter, D. A. R.. furnished a room in the Jones- 
Harrison Home for Old Ladies, as a memorial to the "Real Daughter," 
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth McDonald. 

11,618. Mrs. Lucinda De Atley Jackson. Kansas City, Mo. Eliza- 
beth Benton Chapter. Born in \'irginia. 181 1; died 1906. Daughter of 
James Deatley. or De Atley, of Virginia (1750-1844). and his third 
wife. James De Atley enlisted. 1777. and served under dififerent com- 
mands until the Surrender of Cornwallis. He was born in Richmond 
County, and was a pensioner when he died in W^estmoreland County. 
Lucinda was born when her father was sixty-one years of age. On 
December 4. 1828. she married Richard Leadlow Jackson, of Fredericks- 
burg, Va. In the later years of her life, she lived in INIissouri. She 
died November 30, 1906. 

11,719. Mrs. Annie Mathiot Dorsey, Dayton, Ohio. Jonathan Day- 
ton Chapter. Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1810. Wife of George 
Washington Dorsey. Daughter of Geors^e Mathiot. of Pennsylvania. 
(1759-1840), and Ruth Davies, his wife. George Mathiot. 1775. enlisted 
at sixteen, and served during the Revolution. He was at Brandywine 
and Valley Forge, and was interpreter to General Du Portail, who took 
part in five campaigns. George Mathiot was a pensioner when he died 
at Connellsville, Pa. He was of Huguenot descent: his wife. Ruth 
Davies. of Quaker parentage. 

11,736. Mrs. Hannah Follett Clark, Davton. Ohio. Jonathan Day- 
ton Chapter. Born in Vermont, 1803. W'ife of Strong Clark. Daugh- 
ter of 'Martin Dewey Follett. (1765-1831). of Vermont, and Persi§ Fas- 
sett, his wife. (1767-1849). Martin Dewey Follett served as a private 
in the Vermont Militia under Colonels Herrick and"^Valbridge. He 
died at St. Alban's. Martin Dewev Follett and his father. Eliphalet Fol- 
lett were both in the massacre of Wyoming, where the father was killed. 



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The family aided only by young Martin, and enduring incredible hard- 
ships, made their way back to Vermont. 

11,824. Mrs. Betsey Leonard Newton, De Pere, Wis. Milwaukee 
Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1809; died 1900. Wife of Abel Dins- 
more Newton. Daughter of Ziba Leonard, of Massachusetts, (1756- 
1845), and Chloe Shaw, his wife (born 1764). Ziba Leonard was a 
"Minute Man" at the Siege of Boston, uniSer Capt. James Allen, and 
served in the Rhode Island Campaign, 1778. He was captured on a 
merchant ship, and carried to Charleston, 1779. He was a pensioner 
when he died at Ashfield. Mrs. Newton died at De Pere, Wisconsin, 
May 14, 1900, aged ninety years, five months, eight days. She was the 
youngest of twelve children. At the age of seventeen, she joined the 
Congregational Church. In 1834, she married Mr. Newton, and went 
w'itii, him to Wisconsin, as a missionary to the Indians. Mr. and Mrs. 
Newton taught the Indians at La Pointe for four years ; then removed 
to Green Bay, later to De Pere, where Mr. Niewton died, 1889. The 
Newtons had nine children, one of whom was James Newton, Profes- 
sor of Modern Languages in Oberlin College. 

11,841. Miss Mary K. Williams, Groton, Conn. Anna Warner 
Bailey Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 181 1 ; died May 30, 1898. Daugh- 
ter of Rufus Williams, of Connecticut (1762-1831) and Ruth Chapman, 
his wife. Rufus Williams enlisted at the age of sixteen, in Capt. Nathan 
Gallup's Company. He witnessed the Massacre of Fort Griswold. He 
was at one time a prisoner on the "Old Prison Ship." He married at 
the age of twenty-nine, and his daughter, Mary, was the youngest of 
seven children. He was born at Groton, died at Stonington. 

12,242. Miss Lucy Maria Osborne, Danbury, Conn. Mary W^oos- 
ter Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1807; died 191 1. Daughter of Levi 
Osborne, (1764-1852), and Miriam Dibble, his wife. Levi Osborne, of 
Connecticut, enlisted at the age of sixteen in the "Short Levies," com- 
manded by Col. Heman Swift. He was born at Danbury, and was a 
pensioner when he died there. Miss Osborne, when past ninety, served 
as Chaplain at the meetings of her chapter. When ninety-five, she made 
a beautiful patchwork quilt, and presented it to the Children's Home. 
Also, a Bible cushion for the chapter. Miss Osborne acted as Chaplain 
at the Connecticut State Conference, in 1899. ^^^ '^^r n^me appeared on 
the programme. 

12,395. Mrs. Polly LTubbard Vincent, Rome, N. Y. Fort Stanwix 
Chapter. Born in New York, 1800; died 1899. Wife of Rodman (jard- 
ner Vincent. Daughter of Thomas Hubbard, of Connecticut, (1760- 
1821), and Silence Bartlett, his wife. Thomas Hubbard entered the army 
from Woodbury, when sixteen, served several enlistments during the 
war. was wounded and honor^ably discharged. He was a pensioner when 
he died at Russia. N. Y. 

12,485. Miss Harriet Hollister, Wapping, Conn. Orford Parish 
Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1803; died 1900. Daughter of Josiah 



Hollister, of Connecticut. (1756- 1849), ^"d Asenath Sweetland. his 
wife. Josiah Hollister enlisted, 1777. in Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Reg- 
iment oi Artificers. He was at Brandywine. Germantown. Valley Forge 
and Monmouth. He was a pensioner when he died at Manchester. 
Miss Harriet Hollister was a sister of Mrs. Mary Hollister Pitkin, of 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, National Number, 13,925. 

12.539. Mrs. Delia Claxk Murdock Dowd, Meriden, Conn. Susan 
Carrington Clarke Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1807; died Septem- 
ber II, 1897. ^Vife of Edwin VV. Dowd. Daughter of Peter Murdock. 
of Connecticut, (1756-1851), and Bathsheba Dodge, his wife. Peter 
Murdock served as a cabin-boy on privateers. He was born and died 
at Westbrook. His brothers, William and John, also served during 
the Revolutionary War. 

12.546. Mrs. Almira Hunting Butler. Meriden. Conn. Ruth Hart 
Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1806; died September 8, 1891. Wife 
of Ephraim Butler. Daughter of Amos Hunting of Massachusetts. (1763- 
1846), and Olive Newell, his wife. Amos Hunting was one of the six 
months Levies from Dedham, 1780, for the defence of the Hudson. He 
was a pensioner when he died at Shutesbury. 

12.547. Mrs. Jemima Matilda Doane Snow, Meriden, Conn. Ruth 
Hart Chapter. Born in Connecticut. 1810; died 1901. Wife of David 
Snow. Daughter of Joel Doane. (1763-1852). of Connecticut, and Jem- 
ima L'Homedieu, his wife. Joel Doane enlisted from Saybrook. and 
served as a private during the Revolution. He was a pensioner when 
he died at Westbrook. Mrs. Jemima Matilda Doane Snow, was a 
sister of Mrs. Jerusha L. Doane Carter, of Meriden. Conn., National 
Number, 22,528. 

12.685. Mrs. Margaret (iassaway A\'atkins Warlicld, Baltimore, 
Member-at-large. Born in Maryland, ; died December. 1S96. 
Wife of Albert G. Warfield. Daughter of Col. Gassaway Wa'tkins. (1752- 
1840)', of Maryland, and Ellen Bowie Claggett, his wife.** Gassaway Wat- 
kiris enlisted as ensign, was in the battles of Long Island, W'hite Plains, 
Germantown and Monmouth. He commanded a company at Cowpens, 
Guilford, Camden and Eutaw Springs. He served to the close of the 
war, and at the time of his death was President of the State Society, 
of the Cincinnati. ]\Irs. Margaret Gassaway AVatkins Warfield was the 
mother of Governor Edwin Warfield, of Maryland, who was President 
General of the National Society oi the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, in 1903. 

12.686. Miss Caroline Watkins, Glenwood, Hnward County, Md. 
Member-at-large. Born in Maryland, ;; died December, 1896. 
Daughter of Col. Gassaway Watkins and Ellen Bowie Claggett, his 
wife. Sister of Mrs. Margaret Gassaway Watkins Warfield, National 
Number, 12,685. 

12,813. Mrs. Mercy Lincoln Eaxon, Lawrence. Kansas. Eliza- 
beth Benton Chapter. Born in Massachusetts; died 1899. Wife of 



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A. Allen Faxon. Daughter of Nehemiah Manson, (i76i-[832), of Mas- 
sachusetts, and Mercy Jenkins, his wife. Nehemiah Manson, at the age 
of sixteen, turned out at the Tiverton alarm, and served several enlist- 
ments during the war. He was born and died at Scituate. Mrs. Mercy 
Lincoln Faxon was a sister of Miss Hannah Lincoln Manson, of Cam- 
bridge, Mass., National Number, 9076. 

12,957. Mrs. Mary Pool Frishmin. Hamilton. Ohio. John Riley 
Chapter. Born in Kentucky, 1814, living 191 1. Wife of Joseph Frish- 
min. Daughter of Samuel Pool, Jr.. of Massachusetts, and Mary Sar- 
gent, his wife. Samuel Pool, Jr., (1762-18^.^) enlisted from Boston, at 
the age of seventeen, and served with Wayne, at Stony Point. He died 
in Flamilton County, Ohio, a soldier of two wars. He served in the War 
of 1812, from Newport, Kentucky, under General W'm. Henry Harrison. 
Mary Pool was one of eleven children. She married, first, a soldier of 
the Mexican War; second in 1846, Joseph Frishmin, of Hamilton. She 
was born in Campbell County, Ky. Her father was born in Boston. 

13,147. Mrs. Florilla Swetland Pierce, Hartford, Conn. Ruth 
Wyllys Chapter. Born in New York, 1803. Wife of Reuben Pierce. 
Daughter of Benjamin Swetland and Rosanna Hancock, his wife. Ben- 
jamin Swetland, (1756-1819), enlisted from Somers, lyjj , as a musician, 
and his memoranda on the marginal notes of his music, give account 
of his three years' service as fife major. He was at the Surrender of 
Burgoyne. He died in Oneida County, N. Y., at Paris. He enlisted, 
1777, in Col. John Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment. He, Benjamin, 
was born at Longmeadow. Mrs. Pierce resided in later years, at North 
Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. 

^3.193- Miss Almira Foster, Cuttingsville, Rutland County, \"t. 
Susan Carrington Clarke Chapter, Conn. Born in Massachusetts, 1805; 
died 1900. Daughter of Abel Foster, of Massachusetts, and Mary Wood, 
his wife. Abel Foster, (1752-1836) enlisted from Billerica, and served 
at the battle of Bunker Hill, where his uncle, Benjamin Wood, was 
killed. He died at Mount Holly, Vt. In her last years. Miss Foster re- 
sided at Cuttingsville, Rutland County. Vt. Her mother, (1762-1862), 
knit stockings both for Revolutionary soldiers and for Civil W'ar soldiers. 
Miss Foster, on account of her mother's material aid to the cause <»f 
American independence, had a double claim to be called a '"Real Daugh- 
ter." 

iS.iQS- Mrs. Ann Tyler Beaumont, Meriden, Conn. Susan Car- 
rington Clarke Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1803; died 1898. Wife 
(^f John Beaumont. Daughter of John I'yler, of Connecticut, and Anna 
Tyler, his wife. John Tyler, (1759-1837), enlisted, 1778, from Branford, 
in Capt. Gamaliel Painter's Company, fur three years' service. He 
was a pensioner in New Haven County, 1832. The maiden name of 
his wife was Anna Lydia Rogers. Mrs. Beaumont, at the time of her 
death, resided at Wallingford, Conn. 



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13,196' Mrs. Maria Ives Parker, Cheshire, Conn. Susan Carring-- 
ton Clarke Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1801 ; died 1897. Wife of 
James Parker. Daughter of Ichabod Ives, of Connecticut, and Mary 
Clark, his wife. Ichabod Ives, (1759-1845), volunteered from Walling- 
ford at seventeen, in Capt. Jacob Rrackett's Company, Wadsworth's 
brigade, for the New York Campaign. He served to the close of the 
war under different commands. He was a pensioner when he died at 
VVallingford. He had brothers, Phineas and Elnathan, who also served. 

13,197. Mrs. Elizabeth McAlpine Finch, Lyons, N. Y. Born in 
New York, 1805. Wife of James Finch. Daughter of John McAlpine, 
of New York, and Caroline Keeler, his wife. John McAlpine, (1764- 
1842), enlisted as a private in Capt. James Graham's Regiment. He 
was born at sea, and died in Greenbush, N. Y. Mrs. Finch was a mem- 
ber of Susan Carrington Clarke Chapter, Meriden, Conn. 

13,201. Mrs. Caroline Pinto Hubbell, Bridgeport, Conn. Mary 
Silliman Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1819. Wife of Harvey Hub- 
bell, Daughter of William Pinto, of Connecticut, and Lauretta Pack- 
ard, his third wife. William Pinto, (1760-1847), a graduate of Yale, 
loirned out for the defense of New Haven, 1779. He died at New Or- 
leans, La. Mrs. Hubbell died October 22, 1905. 

13,205. Mrs. Mary McLean Wyllys, Middletown, Conn. W^ads- 
worth Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1804. Wife of Frederick Wyllys. 
Daughter of James McLean and Abigail Strickland, his wife. James 
McLean, (1755-1843), enlisted in Capt. John Chester's Company, and 
was at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He served on sea and land through- 
out the war, and was twice taken prisoner. He was born at Branford, 
and was a pensioner when he died at East Glastonbury. He was a sur- 
vivor of Valley Forge. Mrs. Wyllys resided at Glastonbury. 

13,216. Mrs. Emily Savage Roys, Berlin, Conn. Emma Hart 
Willard Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 181 1 ; died 1895. Wife of Frank- 
lin Roys. Daughter of Selah Savage, of Connecticut, and Roy Galpin, 
his wife. Selah Savage, (1759-1846), enlisted, 1775, was at Bunker Hill, 
the Siege of Boston and the New York Campaign. He received a pen- 
sion for two years' service. He was born and dfed at Berlin. 

13,219. Mrs. Sarah Candee Fairchild, Seymour, Conn. Sarah Lud- 
low Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1807; died 1899. Wife of Eben- 
ezer Fairchild. Daughter of Job Candee, of Connecticut, and Sarah 
Benham, his wife. Job Candee, (1760-1846). enlisted from Oxford, as 
a musician, under Col. Jabez Thompson, and was at Harlem Heights. 
1776. He served two enlistments in the artillery in Capt. Phineas Brad- 
ley's Company. He received a pension for two years' service. He 
served in the artillery in the defense of New Haven. 

13,334- Mrs. Mary W^iggin Fullerton, Portland. Maine. ,?EHza- 
beth Wadsworth Chapter. Born in New Hampshire. 1796; died 1898. 
Wife of Benjamin Fullerton. Daughter of James Wiggin, of New 
Hampshire, and Ruth Varney. his wife. James Wiggin, (1760-1845), 



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volunteered at seventeen and served several enlistments during the war. 
In 1/77, he joined Capt. Peter Kimball's Company to re-inforce the 
Northern Army. He re-enlisted in 1780, from Wolfborough, where he 
died, in 1845. Mrs. Fullerton was descended from Thomas Wig-gins, 
first Governor of Massachusetts. A re-union of the Wiggin family was 
held at her residence, on her one-hundr,edth birthday. 

^3A3^- Mrs. Prudence Barnard Smith, Colerain. Mass. Dorothy 
Quincey Hancock Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1801 ; died 1902. 
Wife of Joseph Smith. Daughter of Elisha Barnard, of Massachusetts, 
and Prudence Hunt, his wife. Elisha~ Barnard, (1763-1845), enlisted at 
the age of seventeen, for service in the Continental Army. He was a 
pensioner when he died at Shelburne. 

^3»557- Miss F^lizabeth Mcllruy. Somerville. N. J. General P>e- 
linghuysen Chapter. Born in New Jersey, 1795: died 1896. Daughter 
of William Mcllroy. of New Jersey, and Elizabeth Maxwell, his wife. 
William Mcllroy, (1750- 1838) served as a sharpshooter in the battles of 
the Jerseys. He was born in Ireland, and died in Warren County, N. J. 
^3f^95' Mrs. Betsey Foster, Berea, Ohio. Western Reserve Chap- 
ter. Born in Massachusetts, 181 1. Daughter of John H'ulet, of Mas- 
sachusetts, and Hannah Walker, his wife. John Hulet, (1755-1841), 
served as private and sergeant in the Berkshire County Militia. He 
was a pensioner when he died at Brunswick, Ohio. 

13,769. Mrs. Lucinda Rockwell Valentine, Stroudsburg, Pa. \'h1- 
ley Forge Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania. 1816. Wife of Flarrison 
Valentine. Daughter of Jabez Rockwell, of Connecticut, and Elizabeth 
Mulford, his second wife (married, 1799). Jabez Rockwell, (i 761 -1847). 
enlisted as a drummer at the age of sixteen, and served to the close 
of the war. He was born at Ridgefield. Conn., and was a pensioner when 
he died near Honesdale, Pa. Mrs. Valentine was a sister of Mrs. Cath- 
arine Rockwell Bowden. National Number, 10.750, member of Valley 
Forge Chapter. 

13,812. Mrs. Anne Mercer Slaughter. Mitchell's Station. Culpeper 
County, Va. Mary Washington Chapter. Washington. D. C. Born in 
Virginia, 1810; died 1900. Married her cousin. Philip Slaughter. Daugh- 
ter of Capt. Philip Slaughter, of Virginia, and Elizabeth Towles, his 
second wife. Philip Slaughter (1758-1849), at the age of seventeen, was 
a "Culpeper Minute ^^lan." under Col. Thomas Marshall, and fought 
in the battles of the Jerseys. He died at Richmond. \"a. He had been 
in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and had suiYered at Val- 
ley Forge: also served under General Daniel Morgan. Mrs. Slaughter, 
in 1825. met Lafayette three times, during his visit to Richmond. She 
attended a ball and two receptions given in his honor. Mrs. Slaughter 
was the nineteenth and last child of Capt. Slaughter. She married, first. 
Edward Robertson, of Culpeper; second, her cousin. She was a sister 
of the Rev. Dr. Philip Slaughter, historian of the Virginia Council <-)f 
the Episcopal Church, and author of "St. Mark's Parish," a valuable 



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genealogical work. Mrs. Slaughter received a jieiisioii from the U. S. 
Government. She died September 24, 1900. 

15,828., Miss Arrenah Redman, Richmond, Va. Born in Virginia. 
1803: died April 29, 1896. Old Dominion Chapter. Daughter of Henry- 
Redman, of Virginia, and Arrenah Randolph, his wife. Henry Redman 
enlisted as a fifer, and was present at the Surrender of Cornwallis at 
Yorktown. Redman's pension papers are in possession of the fam- 
ily. In her last hours, Miss Redm.an bequeathed her father's fife-case 
to the Old Dominion Chapter. 

13,850- Mrs. Electa Fosdick C. Mosher, Janesvillc, Wis. Jancs- 
ville Chapter. Born in New York, 1810; died 1896. Wife of Elisha 
Mosher. Daughter of William Fosdick, Jr., of Connecticut, and Renic 
Carrington, his wife. William Fosdick, jr., (1762-1851), served at the 
Lexington Alarm, and enlisted as a fifer under Capt. John Chester, of 
Wethersfield, and served at the Siege of Boston. He died at Angelica. 
N. Y. Mrs. Mosher was the twelfth of thirteen children. She was 
married in Hartford. Washingtori County, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1826, to Row- 
land Carringtou : came with him to Wisconsin, 1845. settling in Wau- 
pun. Mr. Carrington died 1865. and in 1869, his widow married Elisha 
Mosher. and removed to Monroe, Wis., where Mr. Mosher died, 1892. 
Mrs. Mosher had thirteen children. She died in Minneapolis, Minn., 
while visiting a daughter. Interment was made at her old home, Wau- 
pun. Services were held at the Baptist Church, of which she was a 
charter member. 

13,900. Mrs. Augusta Way Tuller, Bridgeport. Conn. Mary Sil- 
liman Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1805; died Dec. 13, 1901. Wife 
of Nelson Tuller. Daughter of Isaac Way, of Connecticut, and Mary 
Baldwin, his wife. Isaac Way enlisted when a lad in the Continental 
Army, 1775. and served in the Northern Department, under Col. Benja- 
min Hinman, in the Fourth Regiment. Mrs. Tuller was a U. S. pen- 
sioner. 

I3'9i7- ^Irs. Harriet I-'orsyth Smith, New London, Conn. Lucre- 
tia Shaw Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1817. Wife of Capt. Samuel 
P. Smith. Daughter of Latham Forsyth, of Connecticut, and Abigail 
Lee, his wife. Latham Forsyth, (1761-1835). enlisted from New Lon- 
don under Capt. Richard Dishon. He received a pension for two years' 
actual service, and died at Salem. 

13,924. ]\Irs. Marnerva Grant Snow, Willington, Tolland County. 
Conn. Anne Wood Elderkin Chapter. Born in Connecticut. Daujrhter 
of Hamilton Grant, of Connecticut and Lucy Williams, his wife. Ham- 
ilton Grant. (1759-1822) at the age of sixteen, served as a drummer at 
Bunker Hill. He was under Capt. Reuben Marcy at the battles of 
Long Island and White Plains. Died at Ashford. 

13.92.S. Mrs. Mary Hollister Pitkin, Milwaukee, Wis. Orford 
Parish Chapter, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1828; died 1897. Wife 
of Joseph Chester Pitkin. Daughter of Josiah Hollister, of Connecticut, 



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and Asenath Svveetland. his wife. Ji)siah H()llister. (1756-1849) served 
in the Artificers at Brandywine, Germantovvn, Valley Forge and Mon- 
mouth. He was a pensioner by the Act of 1832. He was born at Glas- 
tonbury; died at Manchester. Mrs. Pitkin was a sister of Miss Harriet 
Hollister, National Number, 12,485. They were members of the same 
chapter. 

i3>935- Mrs. Susan Marshall z\mbler, "The Dell," Va. Mary 
Washing-ton Chapter, Washington, D. C. Born in Virginia, ; 

died 1896. Wife of Dr. Richard Gary Ambler. Daughter of Lieut. 
James ATarkham Marshall, of Virginia, and Hester Morris, his wife. 
James Markham Marshall, (1764-1848) at the age of fifteen, enlisted 
from Fauquier Gounty, Va., as a private under Gol. Alexander Ham- 
ilton. He served to the close of the Revolution. He was a brother 
of Ghief Justice Marshall. Mrs. Ambler was also a grand-daughter 
of the great financier, Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, and Mary White, 
his wife; and a grand-niece of Bishop William White, of Philadelphia, 
Ghaplain to Continental Congress. 

14,111. Mrs. Maria Avery Daniels Pike, Shattuckville, Mass. Dor- 
othy Quincy Hancock Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1804. Wife 
of Alvah Pike. Daughter of Jonathan Avery, of Massachusetts, (1755- 
1847), and Pamela Fox, his wife. Jonathan Avery, 1775, enlisted as a 
private, was orderly sergeant in Putnam's brigade, at the Battle of Long 
island, and his original order book is in possession of the family. He 
was a pensioner of 1818. He was born at Montville, Conn.; died at 
Charlemont, Mass. 

14,117. Mrs. Judith Lane. Anuisquam. Gloucester, Mass. Born 
in Massachusetts, 1812. Lucy Knox Chapter. Wife of Frederick Lane. 
Daughter of James Story, (1762-1851), and Sally W^oodbury, his wife, 
(married 1786). James Story, (1762-1851), enlisted as a private for 
three years. He was a pensioner, 1818, from Pigeon Gove. Essex County, 
where he died. 

14,127. Mrs. Susan W. Nash, Brookline. Mass. Hannah Goddard 
Chaptei. Born in Maine, 1831, living 191 1. W^ife of 

Daughter of Samuel Sawin, of Massachusetts, (1762-1849), 
and Sarah Webb, his wife, (i783-Tr6q). Samuel Sawin was a private 
in Capt. John Walton's Company, 1778. He served several enlistments 
under different commands. He was born in Watertown; died in Gam- 
bridge, Mass. Mrs. Nash is a sister of Mrs. Martha Ann Eaton, Na- 
tional Niumber, 26,933. Mrs. Eaton resides at Fairbury, Nebraska. 

14,184. Mrs. Kate Hutt Robinson, Springfield, Greene County, Mis- 
souri. Elizabeth Benton Chapter. Born in Ohio, ; died 1898. 
Wife of John James Robinson. Daughter of John Hutt, (1763-1833), 
of Virginia, and Elizabeth Crockwell, his wife. Mrs. Robinson was the 
first white child born in Ghillic(ithe, the first State Capital of Ohio. 

14,445., Mrs. Harriet Wetmore Sells, Salt Lake City, LTtah. Spirit 
of Liberty Chapter. Born in New York, 1816, living 191 1. Wife of 



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Elijah Sells. Daughter of Bela Wetmore, of Massachusetts, (1765-1849) 
and Mehetable Livermore, his wife. Bela Wetmore enlisted in the Con- 
tinental Army, at the age of sixteen, and was honorably discharged at 
the age of nineteen. Mrs. Sells is a woman of fine education, and the 
widow of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah, who had previously held 
ofiRce in Washington. This chapter stands for the purity of the Amer- 
ican home. It will not admit to membership any one who believes in, 
condones, or practices polygamy. Bela Wetmore, at the age of sixty- 
two, married a girl of nineteen ; had one daughter, Harriet, now Mrs. 
Sells. She is a voter in a woman suffrage state. 

14,475. Mrs. Jane Nighswonger, Wichita, Kansas. Eunice Sterl- 
ing Chapter. Born in Tennessee, 1828; living 191 1. Wife of J. Nighs- 
wonger. Daughter of Howell Sellers, of North Carolina, (1762-1842), 
and Margaret Conncir, his wife. Mrs. Nighswonger is a sister of Mrs. 
Cynthia Buf^ngton, Wichita, Kansas, National Number, 34,629. 

14,543. Miss Harriet Graves, Whately, Mass. Betty Allen Chap- 
ter. Born in Massachusetts. ; died April, 1898. Daughter of 
Oliver Graves, of Massachusetts, (1761-1854), and Abigail Graves, his 
wife. 

14,546. Mrs. Caroline Messenger Jennings, Beckett, Mass. Betty 
Allen Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1820. Wife of William Austin 
Jennings. Daughter of John Messenger, of Massachusetts, (1752-1842), 
and Lucy Scott, his wife. Mrs. Caroline Messenger Jennings was a 
sister of Mrs. Mary Messenger Thompson, National Number, 36,827. 

14,551. Mrs. Irena Wilkinson Gibson, Boston, Mass. Boston Tea 
Party Chapter. Born in New Hampshire, 1813; died 1898. Wife of 
Hosea Ballon Gibson. Daughter of David Wilkinson, of Massachusetts, 
(1762-1843), and Ruth Alben, his wife. David Wilkinson was a pri- 
vate in Col. Crane's artillery. 

14.598. Mrs. Jane Christian Jett Marye. Alexandria, Va. Mount 
Vernon Chapter. Born in Virginia, 1819; died 1897. Wife of Dr. James 
Braxton Marye. Daughter of Lieut. William Storke Jett, of Virginia, 
(1761-1844), and Jane Turner, his wife. Lieut. Jett served in the Vir- 
ginia Line, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, at York- 
town. Mrs. Marye was present at the laying of the corner-stone of 
the Mary Washington Monument, at Fredericksburg, Va.. in 1833, and 
heard the address delivered on that occasion by President Andrew Jack- 
son. Mrs. Marye died November 16, 1896," at the residence of her 
daughter. 

14.725. Mrs. Maria Hinman Pulford, Southbury, Conn. Milicent 
Porter Chapter. Born in Connecticut. 1806; died 1897. Wife of Elliott 
Pulford. Daughter of Col. Joel Hinman, of Connecticut, (1748-1813), 
and Sarah Curtis, his wife. Mrs. Pulford was the voungest of fifteen 
children. 

14.747- Mrs. Bedotta Pierpont Curtis, Meriden, Conn. Susan Car- 
nngton Clarke Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1810; died, 1899. Wife 



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of Lemuel J. Curtis. Daughter of Newbury Britton. (1766-1843), and 
Bedotta Pierpont, his wife. 

14,805. Mrs. Mary Pettigrcw Keyes, Princeton, 111. Princeton 
111., Chapter. Born in Wethersfield. Vermont, 1805. Wife of Rev. Na- 
thaniel Abbott Keyes. Daughter of William Pettigrew, of New Hamp- 
shire, (1758-1816), and Mary Alden, his wife. William Pettigrew en- 
listed at eighteen, in Col. John Stark's Company, First New Hampshire 
Regiment; served till the end of the war. Rev. Israel Evans, at Eas- 
ton. Pa., preached a sermon to Gen. Sullivan's Army, on their return 
from the expedition to the Indian country, Western New York. Wil- 
liam Pettigrew had a copy of that sermon. On the fly-leaf is written: 
"William Pettigrew, his book, delivered to me, August 22, 1780, Camp 
Yourk. William Pettigrew, a soldier of the Western Army." Later, 
William Pettigrew was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, by Bishop Asbury. Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Pettigrew, 
married September 26, .1839, the Rev. Nathaniel Abbott Keyes, gradu- 
ate of Dartmouth College, and Andover Seminary, and sailed with him, 
as missionary to Syria, January 24, 1840. Their eldest child was born 
on Mount Zion. On their return, Mr. Keyes preached for a time at 
Lancaster, Pa., then removed to Princeton, 111., where he died, March 
3. 1857. 

14,831. Mrs. Josephine Virginia Davis Wodeska. Lincoln, 111. Lin- 
coln Chapter. Born in Maryland, 1829, living 191 1. Wife of Edward 
L. Wodeska. Daughter of Samuel Davis, of Maryland (1768-1830), and 
Elizabeth Johnson, his wife. Samuel Davis enlisted as a fifer, at An- 
napolis, Md., in the Maryland Troops, under Capt, Benjamin Price. 
He received a pension March 17, 1820. while residing in Kent County, 
Md. He had served, also, in the War of 1812. His daughter, Josephine, 
was born in Chester County, Md. Mrs. Wodeska is also a member of 
the D. R. Society. Her Number is 3583. 

14,862. Mrs. Lucy P. Estabrook, Lawrence, Kansas. Betty Wash- 
ington Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1820, living 191 1. Wife of 
William Estabrook. Daughter of Paul Pratt, of Massachusetts, (1763- 
1830), and Lydia Gates, his wife. 

14,871- Mrs. Elizabeth Calloway Buford Parkes, Richmond, Ky. 
Madison Chapter. Born in Kentucky. Wife of John White Parkes. 
Daughter of John Buford. of Y'irginia. and Frances Banton, his wife. 
Mrs. Parkes was a grand-daughter of Elizabeth Calloway, who was 
stolen by the Indians, in company with her sister, Fanny, and Daniel 
Boone's daughter, while wandering near the fort at Boonesborough, 
and who were rescued by their dauntless lovers. 

14,899. Mrs. Desire Norman Pyne, Agawam, Mass. Mercy War- 
ren Chapter. Born in Massachusetts'^, 1817: died 1900. Wife of Thomas 
Pyne. Daughter of John Norman (1762-1836), and Desire Prentice, his 
second wife. John Norman served as a soldier, was wounded in bat- 



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tie and confined un a prison ship. He was born at Norwich, Conn., 
and was a pensioner from Ag-awani, Mass., where he died. 

14.900. Mrs. Harriet Smith Sanford, Worcester, Mass. Mercy 
Warren Chapter. Born in New Hampshire, 1807; died 1899. Wife of 
Rev. William Howe Sanford. Daughter of Ethan Smith (1762- 1849) 
and Bathsheba Sanford, his wife. 

14.901. Mrs. Phidelia Taylor Merrick, Springtield, Mass. Mercy 
Warren Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1806; died 1899. Wife of 
Joseph T. Herrick. Daughter of Reuben Taylor and Lucretia Bowers, 
his wile. Reuben Taylor, 1778, enlisted for three years in Capt. Nathan 
Cioodall's Company, Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment. He was a pen- 
sioner when he died at Northampton, 1845. 

14.902. Mrs. Hannah Brooks Morgan, Tolland, Mass. Mercy War- 
ren Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1803; ^lied 1898. Wife of Justis 
Morgan. Daughter of Simon Brooks, (1760-1836), and Hannah Owen, 
his wife. Simon Brooks was guard at the Springfield Armory and served 
in the Burgoyne Campaign. He was born at Springfield, and was a 
pensioner when he died there. 

14,905. Mrs. Hannah Shepard Dickinson, Amherst, Mass. Mary 
Mattoon Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1817; died 1900. Wife of 
Marquis Fayette Dickinson. Daughter of Asa Williams, of Massa- 
chusetts, (1757-1832), and Prudence Pease, his wife. Asa Williams en- 
listed when a lad, was in the Jersey Campaign and served throughout 
the wai . He was born in Norwich, Conn. ; died at Shutesbury, Mass. 

15,038. Mrs. Abigail Hazeltine Vose, Ypsilanti, Mich. Ypsilanti 
Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1809; died 1898. Wife of William 
H. Vose. Daughter of Dr. Benjamin Hazeltine, of Massachusetts, and 
Abigail Mayo, his wife. Benjamin Plazeltine, (1763-1826) served as 
surgeon's mate. He was born at Sutton, and died at Warwick. 

15,040. Mrs. Elvira Wright Williams, Goshen, Hampshire Coun- 
ty, Mass. Ypsilanti Chapter, Michigan. Born in Vermont, 1808; died 
1899. Wife of Hinckley Williams. Daughter of Solomon Wright, of 
Vermont, (1763-1837), and Eunice Slafter Jewett, his wife. Solomon 
Wright served in Capt. Eli Noble's Company, Col. Ebenezer Wal- 
bridge's Vermont Militia. Solomon died at Pownall. 

15,189. Mrs. Elizabeth Holley, Watertown, New York. Le Rov 
de Chaumont Chapter. Born in New York, 1803; died 1897. Wife 
of Numon Holley. Daughter pf Henry Heatwil Fall, of Mas.sachusetts, 
and Sarah Brace, his wife. Henry Heatwil (Hatevil) Fall, (1750-1840) 
was a soldier at the Siege of Boston. He served several enlistments 
under different commands until the close of the war. Fie was born in 
Maine, and died at Chaumont, N. Y. Mrs. Elizabeth Fall Holley died 
at her residence, Ellisburg, N. Y., July 4, 1897, leaving several children. 
Mrs. Holley was an aunt of Marietta Holley, better known as 'Tosiah 
Allen s wife. -^ 



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15,34^- Mrs. Charlotte L. A. Hawkins, Reading, Vt. Ann Story 
Chapter. Born in Vermont, 1814; died 1901. August 14. Wife of Fer- 
dinand Hawkins. Daughter of Abel Amsden. and vSusanna Stor^^. his 
wife. Abel Amsden, of Vermont, (1755-1828), enlisted in Capt. Joseph 
Moore's Company, Col. William Prescott's Regiment, 1775. He sub- 
sequently served under Capt. John Drury. He was born at Southboro, 
Mass., and died at Reading. Vt., where he was one of the pioneer set- 
tlers. Charlotte Lucretia Amsden married Ferdinand Hawkins. 1834. 

15.347- Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Lowell. Putney. Vt. Member-at- 
large. Born in Vermont, 1814; died 1898. Daughter of Jacob Lowell, 
of New Hampshire, and Sally Keyes, his wife. Jacob Lowell, (1762- 
1819), served in Capt. Isaac Fry's Company, Third New Hampshire Reg- 
iment. 1780. He was born at Hudson, N. H., and died at Putney, Vt. 

i5»363. Mrs. Laurette Ransom Goodridge. Janesville. Wis. Janes- 
ville Chapter. Born in Vermont. ; died 1900. Wife of Allen 

(ioodridge. Daughter of Ezekiel Ransom, of Connecticut, and Lucinda 
Fletcher, his wife. Ezekiel Ransom, (1763-1838). served in the Con- 
necticut Line, and was in many battles. He was born in Colchester, 
Conn., and was a pensioner when he died, at Kalamazoo. Mich. 

15.473- Mrs. Anna Hale Burnap Pierce. Sufifield, Conn. Sibbil 
Dwight Kent Chapter. Born in Vermont. 1807; died 1809. Wife of 
Nathan Pierce. Daughter of John Burnap. of Massachusetts, and Can- 
dace Bliss, his wife. John Burnap, (1762-1812). served as a private in 
the Massachusetts Militia. He was born at Sutton, Mass. : died at 
Windham, Vt. 

15,484. Mrs. Mary E. Burns Woodworth, Suffield. Conn. Sibbil 
Dwight Kent Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1817: died 1898. Wife 
of Horace Woodworth. Daughter of William Burns, of Connecticut, 
and VVelthy Hutchinson, his wife. William Burns enlisted. 1777. lor 
the war, and was a pensioner by the Act of t8i8. 

15.630. Mrs. Mary Annie Culver. Born in Connecticut. W^fe of 
William L. Culver. Daughter of George Champlin, of Rhode Lsland, 
and Nancy Bentley. his wife. George Champlin (1763-1848"), ran ;iway 
at the age of thirteen, and enlisted on a privateer. He was born at 
Westerly, R. L, and died at Lee, Massachusetts. 

15.634- Mrs. Eleanor Huse Ames. Chicopee, Hampden County. 
Mass. Mercy Warren Chapter. Born in Massachusetts, 1809; died 
i()02. Wife of James Tyler Ames. Daughter of Samuel Huse. Jr.. and 
Sarah Dole Cross, his wife.. Sanniel Huse. Jr.. of Massachusetts,' (1766- 
1825). served with his father. Capt. Samuel Huse. at the age of twelve, and 
carried army supplies in an ox team. Tii 1778. Capt. Huse commanded a 
company in Col. Jacob Gcrrish's Regiment. Samuel 1 1 use. jr.. died at New- 
buryport. 

15.782. Mrs. Harriet Gregg Melvin, Trov, Doniphan County. Kan- 
sas. Molly Stark Chapter, N'ew Hampshire. Born in New Hamp- 
shire. Wife of Daniel Melvin. Daughter of Reuben Gregg, of New 



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Hampshire and Mary Houston, his wife. Reuben (iregg. (1754-1840), 
served in Capt. Peter Clark's Company, at the Bennington Alarm, and 
under Col. Moses Kelley, at the Rhode Island Alarm, 1778. He was 
born at New Boston, and died at Deering. 

15,790. Mrs. Catharine Kendall Steele, Nashua, N. H. Matthew- 
Thornton Chapter. Born in New Hampshire, 1801. Wife of David 
Steele. Daughter of Nathan Kendall, of New Plampshire, and Sarah 
Kendrick, his wife. Nathan Kendall, (1755-1846), served as fifer in 
Capt. Archelaus Town's Company. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he 
served under Col. John Stark. He vv^as born at Amherst, and died at 
Hillsborough. Mrs. Steele was born at Amherst. In 1838, she mar- 
ried David Steele, of Hillsborough ; had one child, that died in infancy. 
She was well-educated for her day, and in early life had been a teacher. 
She was connected with the best families of New Hampshire. Franklin 
Pierce, president of the United States, was a first cousin. Mrs. Steele 
died January 24, 1904, being then nearly 103 years of age. 

i5»795- Mrs. Nancy Eaton Thomas, Chatham, N. H. Member-at- 
large. Born in Maine, 1809. Wife of Jesse Thomas. Daughter of Wil- 
liam Eaton, Jr., of New^ Hampshire, and Nancy Farrington, his wife. 
William Eaton, Jr., (1766- 1852), received a bounty in 1782. to serve 
three years in the Continental Army. He was born at Fryeburg, Maine, 
and died at Chatham, N. H. 

15,895. Mrs. Laura A. Ferguson, Cleveland, Ohio. Western Re- 
serve Chapter. Born in New York, 1830: living 191 1. Widow of Dr. 
John C. Ferguson, (m. 1854). Daughter of John Redington, of Ncav 
A^ork, and Laura Wales, his wife. John Redington. (1757-1830). en- 
listed, 1776. in Capt. Abner Prior's Company of Militia, and was trans- 
ferred to the Artillery. He was at Trenton, and at Princeton: was ac- 
tive in expelling the enemy from the college. He w'as at the Surrender 
of Burgoyne, and was taken prisoner at Horseneck, 1781, when on scout- 
ing duty, and marched thirty miles to New York in the snow and con- 
fined in the Sugar House prison. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., and 
died at Lawyersville, Schoharie County, N. Y. This place was formerly 
called "Redington's Patent." Capt. Redington was a member of the 
Nevv York Legislature, 1812. On his tombstone is the epitaph, "A Rev- 
olutionary veteran ; and enterprising settler of the county of distin- 
guished public spirit, an honest man." Mrs. Ferguson is the youngest 
of nine children, and was born two months before her father died, he 
being then seventy-three years of age. 

16,003. Mrs. Jane Smith Evleth. Springfield, Mass. Dorothy Rip- 
ley Chapter, Conn. Born in Needham, Mass., 1816; died September 
26, 1900. Wife of Asa Whitcomb Evleth. Daughter of Benjamin 
Smith, of Massachusetts, and Mary Elizabeth (iraves, his wife. Ben- 
jamin Smith (1763-1863), served as a musician at the age of six- 
teen. He was born at Needham, and was a pensioner in Hopkin- 
ton, where he died when he was (jne of the only four surviving soldiers 



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in the State. He was with the militia on the Hudson, and served till 
the close of the war. Mrs. Jane Smith Evleth was a sister of Miss Eliza 
Smith, of Springfield, Mass. National Number, 29,932. 

16.050. Mrs. Nancy Kay, Rochester, N. Y. Susan Carrington 
Clarke Chapter, Conn. Born in Northumberland, N. Y., 1796; died 1899. 
Widow of Joshua Ray. Daughter of Charles Cloes, of New York, and 
Sarah Cloes, his wife. Charles Cloes, (i 756-1838), was a private at the 
Battle of Monmouth, Cowpens, Guilford Court House and Yorktown. 
He was born in Belfast, Ireland ; died in Webster, N. Y. 

16.051. Mrs. Esther Robbins Tyler, Union City, Michigan. Susan 
Carrington Clarke Chapter, Conn. Born in Ashford, Conn., 1820. Widow 
of George Tyler. Daughter of Ebenezer Robbins, of Connecticut, and 
Zernah Carpenter, his second wife. Ebenezer Robbins, (1758-1849), 
served at Harlem Plains, Trenton and Princeton. He received a pen- 
sion for one year's actual service as a private. He was born in 
Hampton, and died in Westford. Mrs. Esther Robbins Tyler was a 
sister of Miss Marv T. Robbins, of Connecticut. National Number, 
8098. 

16,240. Mrs. Lydia Lowell Pender, Newd^uryport, Mass. 0!d 
Newbury Chapter. Born in Brunswick, Maine. 1802; died 1901. Daugh- 
ter of Paul Lowell and Elizabeth Hunt, his wife. Paul Lowell enlisted, 
1777, for three years. He was placed on the pension roll of (7)xford 
County, Maine, i8iq, at the age of seventy-six, for service as a private 
in the Massachusetts Line. 

16,263. Mrs. Eunice Russ Ames Davis, Dedham, Mass. Old South 
Chapter. Born in 1801 ; died April 26, 1901. Wife of Rev. John Davis. 
Daughter of Prince Ames and Eunice Russ, his wife. Prince Ames, 
of Andover enlisted in the Massachusetts Continental Line for three 
years (1777), in Capt. Stephen Abbott's Company, Col. Benjamin Tup- 
per's Regiment. Mrs. Eunice Russ Ames Davis was the first presi- 
dent and oldest living member of the Boston Anti-Slavery Society. She 
was married in 1819, to Robert Ames. He died soon after, and she 
married in 1833, the Rev. John Davis, a Baptist minister and Home Mis- 
sionary. Mrs. Davis had a brother who served in the ^^'ar of 1812; 
and a son who served in the Civil War. She died at the age of 100 years 
and 6 months. 

16,320. Mrs. Elizabeth Haven Goss Wilcox, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Molly Stark Chapter, N. H. Born in Hillsborough County, New Hamp- 
shire, ; died 1900. Wife of Hazard Rodgers Wilcox. 
Daughter of Ephraim Goss, (1767-1840). and Anna Bathrick, his wife, 
(1770-1875). Ephraim Goss enlisted at fifteen, for three years. His 
father also served, and their names are on the list of those who received 
bounty. 1782. Ephraim was born and died in Amherst, N. II. His 
w^ife, Anah Bathrick Goss, lived to be 105 years old. and was a pen- 
sioner in 1875. 



i6,407- Mrs. Abigail H. Childs, Cazenovia, N. Y. Owahgena 
Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1812; died 1898. Wife of Thomas 
Childs. Daughter of Joseph Young and Elizabeth Thorne, his wife. 
Joseph Young, (1761-1842), received a pension for fourteen months' 
actual service with the Connecticut troops. He was born in Connec- 
ticut, and died in Cazenovia, N. Y. 

16,568. Mrs. Lydia Wheeler Holden, Norwich, Conn. Faith Trum- 
bull Chapter. Born in Stonington, Conn., October 26, 1818; died No- 
vember 18, 1900. Wife of Walter Holden. Daughter of David Moore, 
of Connecticut, and Keziah Ames, his third wife. David Moore, (1752- 
1839), served as a private at the Battle of Rhode Island. He was placed 
on the pension roll of New London County, 1834, for service as sergeant 
in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in Richmond, R. 
L, and died in Preston, Conn. Lydia W. Moore married Walter Hol- 
den, 1850. He died 1855, leaving her with two sons and a daughter. 
Mrs. Holden was for many years a consistent member of Greenville Bap- 
tist Church. 

16,619. Mrs. Electa A. Van Vleck, Davenport, Iowa. Susan Car- 
rington Clarke Chapter, Conn. Born in Madison, N. Y., 1809; died 1899. 
Wife of Dr. Volkert H. Van Vleck. Daughter of Joseph Manchester 
and Hannah Tabor, his wife (b. 1772). Joseph Manchester (1760-1841), 
enlisted as a private in Capt. David Dexter's Company, Col. Israel An- 
gell's Regiment, 1779. He applied for a pension in 1832, and it was 
allowed for two years' actual service in the Rhode Island Line. Pie 
was born in Rhode Island, and died in Madison, N. Y. 

16,822. Mrs. Lydia Oilman Cate, Lawrence, Mass. Betsy Ross 
Chapter, Mass. Born in Ossipee, New Hampshire, January 6, 1802; 
died 1901. Wife of Frederick Cate. Daughter of James Dearborn, 
Jr., of New Hampshire, and Judy Tuttle, his wile. James Dearborn, 
Jr., (1755-1843), served at Seavey's Island, 1775, under Capt. Caleb 
Hodgdon. He enlisted, 1776, in Capt. Joseph Parson's Company, of 
Militia, and served in New York and Rhode Island. He was born in 
Hampton, and died in Effingham, N. U. .Mrs. Cate had three brothers 
who served in the War of 1812; one on the "Constitution," at the time 
of the famous attack on the "Guerriere." 

17,031. Mrs. Harriet Allen West, Florence, N. Y. Camden Chapter, 
N. Y. Born in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1804; died 1902. Wife 
of Leonard West. Daughter of Benjamin Allen and Rheuama Buckley, 
his wife. Benjamin Allen, (1763-1843), served in the Seventh Connec- 
ticut Regiment, under Col. Heman Swift, 1780. His name was placed 
on the pension roll of Connecticut, 1818, as a private soldier residing in 
New York State. He died in Cherry Valley, N. Y. He was a brother 
of Col. Ethan Allen. His daughter, Mrs. W'est, died February 2, 1902. 
Her husband, Leonard West, was a soldier of tlie War of 1812. He 
died 1888. 



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17,138. Mrs. Luzina H. Tifft, EUisburg, X. Y. Le Ray de Chau- 
mont Chapter. Born in Franklin County, Massachusetts. 181 1; died 
March, 1897. Wife of Thomas \^^ Tifft. Daughter of Thomas Wor- 
den, of New York, and Eunice Hale, his wife. Thomas Worden, (1758- 
1854) served as a private in the New York Line. He died in Pierre- 
pont Manor, and on his tombstone is inscribed: "A veteran of the Rev- 
olution." 

i7>359- Mrs. jane Rankin Eades. Oxford, Mississippi. Member-at- 
large. Born in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1817: died 
1906. Daughter of Robert Rankin and Mary Rankin, his wife. Rob- 
ert Rankin (1746-1840) was placed on the pension roll of Gibson 
County, Tenn., at the age of eighty-six, for services in the North Caro- 
lina Militia. He served under Captains Dickson and Houston and 
Cjeneral Rutherford, 1778; was at Yorktown, and witnessed the Sur- 
render of Cornwallis. After the war, moved to Bethel Springs, Tenn. 
Jane was his thirteenth child. She married Robert Eades, December, 
1836, and settled in Lafayette County, Mississippi. 

17,419. Mrs. Mabel Cooley Hobart, Meriden. Conn. Susan Car- 
rington Clarke Chapter. Born in Springfield, Mass.. 181 1. Widow of 
iJavid Hobart. Daughter of George Cooley, of Massachusetts, and 
Penelope Rumrill, his wife. George Cooley, (1756- 1819), was a private 
under Captain Gideon Burt, and served in Captain James Shaw's Com- 
pany in the Burgoyne Campaign. He was born in Long Meadow, Mass.. 
and died in Springfield, Mass. 

17,428. Miss Amy Strickland. Portland, Conn. Born in Middle- 
sex County, Conn., 1800: died T897. Sabra Trumbull Chapter. Daugh- 
ter of Seth Strickland, of Connecticut, and Anna Shepard. his wife. 
Seth Strickland, (1758-1828) served as a private in the Levies. 1780. 
He was born in Chatham. Conn., where he died. 

17.548. ^Irs. Angeline Hedge. Montreal. Canada. Mercy Warren 
Chapter. Mass. Born in Berkshire County. Mass.. : died 

1898. Wife of Samuel Hedge. Daughter of Amherst Thompson, of 
Massachusetts, and Sarah Clark, his wife. Amherst Thompson (1763- 
1858). when a lad, acted as aid to his father. Col. Joseph Thompson. 
Amherst was placed on the pension record of Berkshire County, at the 
age of seventy-two, for service as a private in the Continental Line. 
He was born in Brimfield. Mass.. and died in Peru. Mass. 

17,580. Miss Sophronia Fletcher. M. D., Cambridgeport. Mass. 
Old South Chapter. Born in Alstead, New Hampshire. 1806; died July 
8. 1906. Daughter of Peter Fletcher, of Massachusetts, and Sarah 
Piper, his wife. Peter Fletcher. (1762-1843). served in Capt. Ephraim 
Hartwell's company doing duty at Rutland. 1779, and 1781. served in 
Rhode Lsland. tmder Ca]it. David Moore. He was born in Lancaster, 
Mass., and died in Bennington. N. LI'. Dr. Sophronia Fletcher was grad- 
uated in the first class of women phvsicians from the New England 
Female Medical C'ollege; was the first noman to practice medicine in 



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Boston . and the first woman physician and instructor in physiology 
at Mount Holyoke Seminary. Dr. Fletcher graduated in 1854. The 
Female Medical College afterwards became a part of Boston Univer- 
sit3^ She was, for a number of years, attendant physician of the New 
England Moral Reform Association. 

17,604. Mrs. Eunice Smith Bagg, Erie, Pa. Submit Clark Chapter. 
Mass. " Born in Northampton. Mass., : died 1899. Wife of 

Hiram A. Bagg. Daughter of Lewis Smith, of Massachusetts, and 
Eunice Judd. his wife. Lewis Smith, (1763-1838), served on seven 
tours with the minute men. He was placed on the pension roll of Hamp- 
shire County at the age of seventy-one for service as a private in the New 
York Militia. He was born in \Vest Springfield, Mass., and died in 
Northampton, Mass. 

17,681. Mrs. Mary Mower Baldwin. Camden, N. Y. Camden 
Chapter. Born in Camden, N. Y. 1814. Widow of Wilson Baldwin. 
Daughter of Peter Mower, of New York, and Magdalena Fetterly, his 
wife. Peter Mower (1765-1852) enlisted as a private and received a 
pension for two years' actual service in the New York Line. He was 
born in Montgomery County, and died in Oneida County, N. Y. His 
brothers, Conrad, Barnabas and George, also served in the war. 

17,704- Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Palmer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Fort 
Greene Chapter. Born in Stockbridge, Mass.; : died 1898. 

Wife of Zeba Dyer Palmer. Daughter of Rosw^ell Saltonstall Palmer, 
of Connecticut, and Deziah Palmer (maiden name), his wife. Roswell 
Saltonstall Palmer (1764-1844) served on the brig, "Pilgrim," under 
his uncle. Capt. Humphrey Cary. The privateer was captured in 1781, 
and Roswell was in prison to the close of the war. He was born in 
Stonington, Conn., and died in Stockbridge, Mass. 

17,716- Mrs. Elizabeth Petry Gray, Herkimer, N. Y. General 
Nicholas Herkimer Chapter. Born in Herkimer, N. Y., 1805: died 1898. 
Widow of Charles Gray. Daughter of Jacob W. Petry, of New York, 
and Mary Smith, his v,'ife. Jacob A\'. Petry, (1775-1851), when a lad 
of seven, took refuge in F'ort Dayton, after his home was burned by 
the Indians and Tories. His aid w-as of benefit to the besieged fort. 
He was born in Herkimer County, and died in Tompkins County, N. Y. 
He participated in warfare waged in Indian style. 

18,010. Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, Florence, Mass. Betty Al- 
len Chapter. Born in Norwich, Mass. 1805. Widow of Alfred Johnson 
(m. 1835). Daughter of xA-aron Hall, of Massachusetts, and Sarah Rich- 
ardson, his wife. Aaron Hall, (1751-1835), enlisted for three years as 
a private, from Harvard, where he was at college. 177^- He served 
in 1778 in the Paymaster's Department, and in 1780, under the forage 
master. In 1781. he sailed from Salem, on a privateer, was captured, 
imprisoned at St. John's, and was exchanged after the Surrender of 
Cornwallis. He was placed on the pension roll. 1832, for six years' 
service. He was born in Sutton, and died in Westhampton, Mass. 



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Mrs. Johnson was one of ten children. She attended the Hopkins 
Academy in Hadley, and taught school for several years. Her husband 
died 1886; aged 91. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had seven children, one of 
whom is the Rev. M. A. Johnson, an Episcopal minister in Wisconsin. 
The author, Clifton Johnson, is a great nephew. Mrs. Johnson shook 
hands wMth Lafayette, on the occasion of his visit to Northampton, in 
1824. 

18,015. Mrs. Lydia White P^rench, Brockton, Mass. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter. Born in Weymouth, Mass.; 1816; died April i, 
1898. Wife of Jason M. French. Daughter of Asa \\ hite, of Massa- 
chusetts, and Lydia H'awes, his wife. Asa White (1762-1847), enlisted 
as a private and received a pension for eight months' actual service. He 
was born in Weymouth, and died in Wesl . Ilridnewater. Mrs. French 
was Honorary Regent of the Deborah Sampson Chapter and charter 
member. Her father, Asa White, a hero of Bunker Hill, served to the 
end of the war, and was present at the execution of Major Andre. 

18,488. Mrs. Albina Watkins Clark, Baltimore County, Md. Mem- 
ber-at-large. Born in Howard County, Md., living 191 1. Wife of Wil- 
liam Clark. Daughter of Col. Gassaway Watkins, of Maryland, and 
Eleanor Bowie Claggett, his wife. Gassaway W^atkins, (1752-1840), 
enlisted as ensign, and commanded a company at Cowpens. He served 
to the close of the war, and became president of the Maryland Society 
of the Cincinnati. Mrs. Albina Watkins Clark was a sister of Mrs. 
Margaret Watkins Warfield, National Number, 12,685; and of Miss Car- 
oline W^atkins, N'ational Number, 12,686. 

18,535. Mrs. Martha Story Lane, New Center, Mass. Born in 
Gloucester, Mass., 1803; died 1897. Lucy Knox Chapter. W^idow of 
Samuel Lane. Daughter of James Story, of Massachusetts, and Sallie 
Woodbury, his wife, (married 1786.). James Story, (1762-1851), enlisted 
as a private for three years. He was a pensioner, 1818, from Pigeon, 
Cove, Essex County, where he died. Mrs. Martha Story Lane was a 
sister of Mrs. Judith Story Lane, National Number, 14.117. Mrs. Martha 
Dennison Story Lane, died October, 1897. 

18,577. Miss Catherine Haven Perry, Sberborn, Mass. Old South 
Chapter. Born in Sherborn, Mass. Daughter of Moses Perry, Jr., and 
Catherine Haven, his wife. Moses Perry, Jr. (1746-1826) was chosen 
lieutenant of Capt. Benjamin Bullard's Company, Col. Samuel Dullard's 
Regiment. Moses Perry, Jr., was born and died at Sherborn. 

18,652. Mrs. Anna Hammond, Rushville, Nebraska. Daughters of 
Liberty Chapter, Minnesota. Born in Bath, New York, 1800. W^ife 
of Amariah Hammond. Daughter of Jonathan Cook and Eunice Kruger, 
his wife. Jonathan Cook, of New York (1754-1837) enlisted as. a pri- 
vate, 1775; served as a corporal, 1776, and was at the battle of Flat- 
bush. He was placed on the pension roll of Steuben County, 1832. He 
was born in Southampton, N. Y. 



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18,710. Miss Fannie Meeker. Newark, N. J. Member-at-large. 
Born in 1801; living 1911. Daughter of Caleb Meeker and Susan Skin- 
ner, his wife. Caleb Meeker (1769-1815) served as a fifer and was at 
the battle of Springfield. He w^as born and died at Sprmgtield. 

18.991. Mrs. Mary Caroline P. Bennett, Richmond, Va. Old Do- 
minion Chapter. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts. Widow of John Chris- 
topher Faber Bennett. Daughter of Dr. James Gardner, of Massachu- 
setts, and Mary Phillips, his wife. James Gardner (1763-1831) enlistr 1 
as a private in the militia at the age of seventeen. He was born in 
Charlestown and died in Lynn. Mass. James ran away to join the 
army when only sixteen. His mother was much disturbed at first: 
but on his return home on a visit she became so much interested that 
she melted up her pewter ware and moulded bullets for him to ran-y 
back to camp with him. Mrs. Bennett and her sister are granddaugh- 
ters of this heroine. 

18.992. Miss Julia G. Gardner. Richmond. \'a. Old Dominion Chap- 
ter. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts. Daughter of Dr. James Gardner 
and Mary Phillips, his wife. Miss Gardner is a sister of Mrs. Mary 
Caroline P. Bennett. National Number, 18,991. 

18,996. Mrs. Henrietta Bedinger Lee. Richmond. Va. Old Domin- 
ion Chapter. Born in Jefferson Co.. Va.: died 1898. Wife of Edmund 
Jennings Lee. Daughter of Daniel Bedinger and Sarah Rutherford, his 
wife. Daniel Bedinger (1760-1818) served as lieutenant in the Conti- 
nental Line, and was taken prisoner at the Brandywine. He was a 
member of the Cincinnati. He Avas born in Jefferson Co., Va. : died in 
Shepherdstown. W. Va. At the evacuation of Philadelphia by the Brit- 
ish, he was left in the hospital, where he Avas found by his brother and 
nursed back to health. He was reinstated in the army, and served to the 
close of the war. 

18.998. Miss Elizabeth Bartlett. Ogden Center. Mich. Born in 
Massachusetts. 1803: died 1897 (November 13). Mary Ball Chapter, 
Tacoma, Washington. Daughter of Abraham Bartlett and Melinda 
Bartlett, his wife. Abraham Bartlett (1759-1841) served as a soldier 
and received a pension. He was born in Durham. Mass. : died at 
Peterboro, N. Y. He was among those who assisted in defending the 
battery of New York City against the British. 

18.999. Mrs. Rebecca Smith Tvlee. Tacoma. W'ash. Mary Ball 
Chapter. Washington. Born in Mt. Pleasant. Pa., 1809. Wife of Ed- 
ward Tylee. Daughter of Austin Smith and Rebecca Reynolds, his 
wife. Austin Smith (1756-184^) entered the army as a private and 
was promoted corpf^ral and sergeant in the Connecticut Line. He \vas 
at Germantown : was wounded at Monmouth and received honorable 
mention for bravery. He was burn in Connecticut and died in Oswego, 
N. Y., where he was a pensioner. Mrs. Tylee was recently enfranchised. 

19,044. Mrs. x'Vbbyline Tift Starr, Cortland, N. Y. Fanny Ledyard 
Chapter, Connecticut. Born in Groton, Conn., 1806: died 1901. Wife of 



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Nicholas Starr. Daughter of Solomon Tift and Eunice Burrows, his 
wife. Solomon Tift (1758-1850) served on a privateer and in the 
Militia. He was captured at Fort Griswold, and suffered as a prisoner 
on the ship "Jersey." He was the last pensioner of the Revolution from 
Groton, Conn. He was l)orn at South Kingston, R. I.; died in Old 
Mystic, Conn. Solomon Tift served in the Battle of Quaker Hill, R. 1., 
August 29, 1778. Abbyline was the youngest child. Her eldest brother 
served in the War of 1812. Mrs. Starr was a devout member of the 
Baptist Church. 

19,069. Mrs. Sarah Anderson Exton, Union Farms. N. J. Eliza- 
beth Porter Putnam Chapter, Connecticut. Born in Trenton, N'ew 
Jersey, 1807; died 1899, Wife of Thomas Exton. Daughter of Capt. 
George Anderson, of New Jersey, and Sarah Skirm. his wife. George 
Anderson (1751-1839) raised a company of militia, 1775, of which he 
was made captain. He was at the battle of Long Island and served 
through the war. He was placed on the pension roll of Burlington 
County, at the age of 80, for ser^'ice of captain in the New Jersey 
Militia. 

19,206. Mrs. Phidelis C. Lowell, Bangor, Maine. Born in Vienna, 
Maine, 1815; died 1908. Wife of William W'. Lowell. Daughter of 
Robert Coffren and Sarah Gower (1778-1865), his second wife. Robert 
Coffren (1764-1844) was placed on the pension roll of Maine for service 
of private in the New Hampshire Continental Line. He was born in 
Pembroke, N. H. ; died in Vienna, Maine. Mr. Cofifren endured the 
hardships of the winter at Morristown, N. J. He was present when 
Washington bade farewell to his soldiers at Newburgh. N. Y. Phidelis 
was the eighth child of Robert Coffren. She married Mr. Lowell, 1844. 
and lived in Dover, Maine. Her only son served in the Civil War. 
Mrs. Lowell's younger sister, Mrs. Woodman, National Number, 47,147, 
lives at Wilton, Maine. Both sisters joined the Francis Dighton Will- 
iams Chapter, Bangor, Maine. 

19,216. Mrs. Phebe A. Shattuck Merrill, Lawrence, Mass. Betsy 
Ross Chapter, Massachusetts. Born in Andover, Mass., 1807; died Octo- 
ber, 1897. Widow of William Merrill. Daughter of Joseph Shattuck 
and Phebe Abbott, his wife (m. 1776). Joseph Shattuck (1757-1847) 
enlisted as a private, 1775, and served as a corporal, 1777-80. He re- 
ceived a pension as corporal in the Massachusetts Continental Line. 
He was born and died in Andover, Mass. Joseph Shattuck left his farm 
at the Lexington Alarm ; was at the battles of Bunker Hill, Benning- 
ton, Monmouth and Saratoga : suffered at Valley Forge. His daughter 
Phebe died October 24, 1897. 

19,258. Miss Abigail Short, Newbury. Mass. Old Newbury Chap- 
ter. Born in Newbury, Mass., December 13, 1830. Daughter of Moses 
Short and Abigail Ilsley, his second wife. Moses Short (1760-1841) was 
placed on the pension roll of Essex County at 73, for service as private 
in the Militia. He was born and died in Newbury, Mass. Miss Short 



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was one of the first pupils of the Putnam Free School of Newburyport. 
She was a teacher in the Newbury schools for twenty years. Miss x\bi- 
gail Short was a sister of Aiiss Kuth Short, National Number, 22,103. 
Miss Abigail Short died September 1, 1903. 

19,259. M,ts. Jane Hill Currier, West Newbury, Mass. Old New- 
bury Chapter. Born in Exeter, N. H., 1810. Wife of Enoch Gerrish 
Currier. Daughter of Jonathan Hill, of New Hampshire, and Sarah Wig- 
gin, his wife. Jonathan Hill (1759-1821) enlisted at seventeen and served 
as a drummer in Col, Nathan Hale's regiment. He was born and died 
at Exeter, N. H. Served six years. Mrs. Currier was his youngest child. 

19,293. Mrs. Sarah Fellows Huyck, Little Prairie Ronde, Mich. 
Lansing Chapter. Born in Luzerne Co., Pa., March 19, 1818. Wife of 
Richard J. Huyck. Daughter of Abiel Fellows and Dorcas Hopkins, 
his wife. Abiel Fellows (1764-1833) was a private in the Burgoyne 
campaign. He was born in Canaan, Conn.; died in Michigan. En- 
listed at seventeen ; served under Colonel Sproul and Captain Water- 
bury. After the war, came to Pennsylvania and lived in Luzerne 
County. Sarah was one of thirteen children. In 1829, the family went 
to Kalamazoo County, Michigan, in "prairie schooners." Mr. F'ellows 
-was the first postmaster at Kalamazoo. A district school was later 
started; and, in 1836, Sarah married the teacher, Richard J. Huyck. He 
died in 1892, and Mrs. Huyck removed to Cass County ; thence to Deca- 
tur, Mich. A Chapter named after Abiel Fellows has been organized 
at Three Rivers, Michigan. 

19,297, Mrs. Laura Ripley Wallace, Saline. Mich. Ypsilanti Chap- 
ter. Born in Richmond, N. Y., 1808. Wife of Daniel D. Wallace. 
Daughter of Piram Ripley and Hannah Plum, his wife. Piram Ripley 
(1762-1844) was a powder-boy, or "powder monkey," on board the 
"Oliver Cromwell," and the "Confederacy." He was born in Danbury, 
Conn.; died in Franklinville, N. Y. The "Oliver Cromwell" captured 
the "Admiral Keppel." April 13, 1778. Piram Ripley was also on scout- 
ing duty at Saratoga. The "Piram Ripley Society, Children of the 
American Revolution," was named after this young hero. It is located 
in Washington, D. C. In 1899, this Society placed a memorial tablet 
upon an old house in Georgetown, D. C, known in Washington's time 
as Suter's Tavern. Following is the inscri^jtion upon the tablet: "Gen- 
eral Washington's Headquarters, while surveying Washington, in 1791. 
Erected by Piram Ripley Society, C. A. R., February, 1899." 

19,319. Mrs. Charlotte Deming Poulton, Kansas City, Mo. Eliza- 
beth Benton Chapter. Born in Onondaga County, New" York, 
died 1899. Widow of George Poulton. Daughter of Davis Deming and 
Elizabeth Ann Curtis, his wife. Davis Deming (i 762-1833) was placed 
on the pension roll of Onondaga County, N. Y., 1818, for services as 
private in the Connecticut Line. 

19,332. Miss Rebecca Godding R. Crane, Dalton, N. H. Molly 
Stark Chapter. Born in Dublin, New Hampsliire, 1801 ; died February 



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27, 1898. Wife of Ebetiezer Crane (m. 1822). Daughter of John Rus- 
sell and Abigail Godding, his wife. John Russell (1760-1829) served 
as a private in Capt. Asa Lawrence's company of Massachusetts Militia. 
He was born in Harvard, Mass. ; died in Alstead, N. H. On her mar- 
riage, Mrs. Crane went to live on a farm in Dalton, N. H. She was 
the last survivor of her father's family, and never left the Crane farm. 

19,410. Mrs. Rachel Covenhoven Clump (Klump), Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. Mahwenawasigh Chapter. Born in Poughkeepsie. N. Y., 1800: 
died September 23. 1897. Widow of Samuel Clump. Daughter of Adrian 
Covenhoven, of New York, and Barbara Du Bois, his wife. Adrian 
Covenhoven (1753-1843) was a minute man, and served on short tours 
of duty in the Dutchess County Militia. He died at Poughkeepsie. 

19,464. Mrs. Elizabeth Sypher Lantz, Akron. Ohio. Cuyahoga 
Portage Chapter. Born in White Deer, Pa. ; died 1899. Wife of John 
Lantz. Daughter of Peter Sypher, of Pennsylvania, and Mary Bennage, 
his wife. Peter Sypher served. 1780. in Col. Stephen Moylan's Conti- 
nental Dragoons. 

19,482. Mrs. L3'dian Hackney Masten, Oakmont, Allegheny Co., 
Pa. Pittsburgh Chapter. Born in Meadville, Pa., 1815; died 1898. Wife 
of Cornelius Masten. Daughter of Joseph Hackney, of Pennsylvania, 
and Margaret McGrady, his wife. Joseph Hackney (1763- 1832) served 
in Capt. Andrew Moodie's company, Colonel Lamb's Continental Artil- 
lery,. 178^2. He moved to Warren, Pa.. 1817. where he died, and his 
widow, in 1849, applied for a pension. 

I9»537- Mrs. Rebecca R. Lawall, Easton, Pa. George Taylor Chap- 
ter. Born in Cokesbury. X. J.. 1824: living 191 1. Widow of Cyrus 
Lawall. Daughter of John Schtireman. of New Jersey, and Catharine 
Scott Loder, his wife. John Schureman (1757-1833) served as a private 
in the New Jersey Line. He was born in New York: died in Asbury. 
N. J. He served under Captain Allen and Colonel Malcolm : witnessed 
the Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line at Morristown, N. J., 1781. Mrs. 
Lawall is Regent of George Taylor Chapter. 

I9'573- Mrs. Sarah Tilden Hazen, St. Johnsbury.. Vt. Born in 
Hartford. Vt., 1826. St. John de Creve Coeur Chapter. Widow of 
Edward Hazen. Daughter of Josiah Tilden, of Vermont, and Susanna 
Clark (1779-1849) his second wife (married, 1801 : died, 1844). Josiah 
Tilden (1760-1849) was placed on the pension roll of Windsor County, 
Vt.. 1832. for over seven months' actual service as private with the 
Vermont troops. He was born in Lebanon. Conn.; died in Hartford, Vt. 
He was ohe of the Minute Men who gave the alarm of the burning of 
Royalton, Vt. He served under Captain Chase and Colonel Marsh. 
Mrs. Hazen is the youngest of a family of sixteen children. She was 
married to Edward Hazen, 1844. and had three children. She is inter- 
ested in church work and social life, and is Vice-President of the "Sev- 
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ig,644. ^Irs. Eunice Palnici- Davis, Jewett City, Conn. Anne Brew- 
ster Planning Chapter. Born in Voluntown. Conn., 1819; died 1900. 
Wife of Martin Davis. Daughter of Benjamin Palmer, of Connecticut, 
and Hannah Woodworth, his wife. Benjamin Pahner (1757-1849) served 
in the Connecticut Militia, and drew a pension from Voluntown, where 
he was born and died. Mrs. Davis, at the time of her death, had a 
sister living, Mrs. Phebe Palmer Ray, of Scotland, Conn.. National Num- 
ber, 25,936. 

19.660. I\Irs. Svl^^ Langdon Dunham, Southington, Conn. Ruth 
Hart Chapter. Born Ifi Southington, Conn., 1800. Wife of Chauncey 
Dunham. Daughter of Giles Langdon, of Connecticut (1763-1847), and 
Sarah Carter (1763-1824), his first wife (m. 1785). Giles Langdon 
served at Horseneck in the Connecticut Militia. He was born and died 
in Southington. Mrs. Dunham lived to be more than 100 years old. 

19,670. Miss Caroline Foster, Hartford, Conn. Ruth Wyllys Chap- 
ter. Born in Canterbury. New Hampshire. 1816. Daughter of Asa 
Foster, of New Hampshire, and Sarah Merrill, his wife. Asa Foster 
(1765-1860) enlisted in the N. H. Militia from Canterbury, where he 
lived^ and died. He served in Capt. Ebenezer Webster's company. Col. 
Moses Nichol's Regiment, at West Point. 

19,745. Mrs. Dianah Evans Moore, Rensselaer. Indiana. Born in 
Wavnc County. Indiana, 1825. General Van Rensselaer Chapter, Indi- 
ana.' Wife of'W. E. Moore. ' Daughter of John- Evans and Judith Bun- 
ker, his wife. John Evans (1761-183T) served as a private in the South 
Carolina Line. He died in Randolph County, Indiana. John Evans was 
born in South Carolina. At one time he was very wealthy, owned a 
large plantation and had 600 slaves. By making a bad security debt, he 
lost his property, but gave his slaves freedom. He enlisted as a private, 
1776, under Col. C. Pinckney : was badly w^ounded twice. He was mar- 
ried three times, and had sixteen children, of whom Mrs. Moore is the 
youngest. She married William E. Moore, 1847. ^^ is still living, and 
they have .seven children, twenty-eight grandchildren and four great- 
grandchildren. 

19,763. Mrs. Helen M. Barrett, Richland, Kalamazoo Co.. Mich. 
Louisa St. Clair Chapter. Born in Campbell, New York. 1831 : living 
191 1. Wife of Marvin Barrett. Daughter of John Van Dolson, of New 
York, and Elizabeth Carr, his wife. John Van Dolson (1752-1838) 
served through the war and received a pension. He was born in New- 
burgh, N. Y. ; died in Battle Creek, Mich. Mrs. Barrett is the youngest 
child of John Van Dolson. She is a sister of Mrs. Sophia Van Dolson 
Barrett, of Des Moines. Iowa. National Number. 3343. Mrs. Barrett 
has been transferred to the "Hannah Mcintosh Cady Chapter," Allegan, 
Mich. 

19,770. Mrs. Anna Stout Waldorf, Whitcomb. Indiana. Member- 
at-large. Born in Whitcomb, Tnd. Wife of William W^aldorf. Daugh-. 
ter of Job Stout and Rhoda Howell, his wife. Job Stout (1763-1833) 



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enlisteii at seventeen as a private in a company of Northampton County, 
Pennsylvania, Volunteers, under Capt. Johannus Van Etten. He, Job, 
was born in Hopewell, New Jersey; died in Indiana. 

19,831. Mrs. Laura Theresa J. Tiffany, Blandford, Mass. Mercy 
Warren Chapter. liorn in Barkhampstead, Conn., ;- 

died 1899. Wife of B. B. Tiff'any. Daughter of Jonathan Johnson and 
Lydia Todd, his wife. Jonathan Johnson (1762-1838) served in the 
militia. He died in Barkhampstead, Conn. 

19,882. Mrs. Martha Littlefield Hall, Sijring-field, Missouri. Eliza- 
beth Benton Chapter. Born ; died 1900. 
Wife of Thomas P. Hall. Daughter of Jotham Littlefield, of Maine, 
and Martha Littlefield, his wife. Jotham Littlefield (1747-1834) was 
placed on the pension roll of York Cuunty, Maine, 1818, for service 
of private in the Massachusetts Line. 

19,895. Miss Evaline Paddock, Paddock's Grove, Moro, Madison 
County, Illinois. St. Louis Chapter, Mo. Born in Woodstock, Vermont, 
1803; died 1900. Daughter of (iains Paddock and Mary Wood, his wife. 
Gains Paddock (1758-1831) enlisted from Middleboro, 1778, in Capt. 
John Barrows' company, and served in the Regiment of the Guards. He 
was born in Middleboro, Mass.; died in St. Louis, Mo. 

19,912. Mrs. Mary Brown W^ Burdick, Claremont, N. H. Samuel 
Ashley Chapter. Born in Bradford, New Llampshire. Wife of Job 
Green Burdick. Daughter of William Brown, of New Hampshire, and 
Sarah Campbell; his wife. William Brown (1761-1855) served as a 
private in the New Hampshire Line. He was born in Bradford, N. H. ; 
died in Chester, Vt. He served in Captain Livermore's Company, Col. 
Henry Dearborn's Regiment; enlisted from Henniker, New Hampshire; 
fought at Bunker Hill. Mary Brown was born April 30, 1804; died 
October 14, 1902. She married Josiah Wells, in 1823. Mr. Burdick is 
her second husband. Mrs. Burdick's mother had three brothers who 
served in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Burdick died October 14, 1902. 
19,915. Mrs. Irene Eastman Chase, North Conway. New Hamp- 
shire. Anna Stickney Chapter. Born in Conway, N. IL, 1815; died 
191 1. Wife of Jonathan Chase. Daughter of Richard Eastman, Jr., of 
New Hampshire, and Susanna Runnels, his second wife. Richard I'^ast- 
man, Jr. (1747-1826), was a "Minute Man" at the Ticonderoga Alarm, 
in Col. Thomas Stickney's Regiment. He was born in Pembroke; died in 
Conway, N. H. 

19,937. Mrs. Clara Jones Gifford. Binghampton, N. Y. Tusca- 
rora Chapter. Born in Coventry, N. Y., 1822; living 1911. Wife of 
William Gifford. Daughter of Lieut. Benjamin Jones. Jr., of New York, 
and Sally Miles, his second wife (m. 1802). Benjamin Jones, Jr. (1757- 
1840). entered the army as a private, 1775, in Putnam's Regiment. He 
served under different commands; was at the battle of Stillwater, 1777: 
corporal, 1778; lieutenant, 1780; and quartermaster, 1781. He was placed 
on the pension roll of New York, 1825, for service in the Connecticut 



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Line. He was born in Coventry,' Conn. ; died in Coventry, N. Y. He 
was at Bunker Hill, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. After the wai, 
he was a member of the New York Legislature. He named Coventry, 
N. Y., in Chenango County, from his birthplace, Coventry, Conn. 'I'he 
family later removed to Allegheny County, N. Y. Mrs. Jones was the 
youngest daughter. 

20,020. Mrs. Eliza Stevens Thompson, Greenwich, N. Y. Meni- 
ber-at-large. Born in Jackson, N. Y., 1816. Wife of Col. Andrew 
Thompson. Daughter of Simon Stevens, Jr., and Anna Woodward, his 
wife. Simon Stevens, Jr. (1765-1844) was in the service of the captain 
for two years. He was born in Canterbury, Conn. ; died in Washington 
County, N. Y., and his tombstone in Creenwich gives his record, as 
follows: "Hon. Simon Stevens, Jr., born February 27, 1765; died Jan- 
uary 2i, 1844. At the age of 14, served in the Revolutionary Army. In 
the year 1810, High Sheriff of this county. In the year 1812, Judge of 
this county. For 30 years, an active member of the Dutch Reformed 
Church in Union Village." Union Village is now Greenwich. 

20,050- Mrs. Catharine A. H. Flournoy, Philadelphia. Philadelphia 
Chapter. Born in Philadelphia, 1800; died there, igoo, aged 100 years, 
3 months, 6 days. Wife of Gen. Thomas Flournoy. Daughter of Major 
Reading Howell and Catharine Yerkes, his wife. Reading Howell 
(1743-1827) served as quartermaster Second Regiment, Hunterdon Co. 
Militia. New Jersey, under Col. Nathaniel Hunt. He was born in Am- 
well, N. J. ; died in Bucks Co., Pa. ; buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila- 
delphia. His daughter Catharine presented his sword to the Philadel- 
phia Chapter, D. A. R. Catharine was the wife of General Thomas 
Flournoy, owner of a vast estate near Augusta, Georgia, and a promi- 
nent lawyer. He served with distinction as Brigadier-General in the 
War of 1812. He died in 1857, and after the Civil W^ar, his widow 
lost all her property. She returned to Philadelphia, where she died 
November 21, 1900. She was interred in Laurel Hill, beside her father. 
Mrs. Flournoy, in her youthful days, was an amateur artist. Her brother 
was well known as a painter. She had two accomplished sisters. She 
was married quite young, and in her husband's home town in Georgia 
met Lafayette on his visit to the United States, 1824-5. Mrs. Flournoy 
was survived by grandnieces and grand nephews. 

20,079. Mrs. Frances A. F. Easton. Newport, R. L William Ellery 
Chapter. Born in Newport, R. L. 1812. Wife of John Easton. Daugh- 
ter of Robert Franklin and Olivia Tillinghast, his wife. Robert Frank- 
lin (17.S6-1850) was a soldier in Capt. Smallwood's company of New 
York Militia. He was wounded at the Battle of Bennington, and was 
falsely reported as having died in the hospital. He died in Newport, 
R. L, where his grave is marked by the William Ellery Chapter. 

20,119. Mrs. Lizzie Floyd Bottimore, Norfolk. Va. Great Bridge 
Chapter. Born in Accomac. Virginia. 1827. Widow of Thomas Botti- 
more. Daughter of Matthew Floyd and Elizabeth Custis Glenn, his 



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third wife. Matthew Floyd (1763-1844) was placed on the pension roll 
of Accomac County, 1832, for service as private in the Virginia Militia. 
He was born in Northampton County : died in Accomac County. He 
was in Capt. Richard Savage's company of .Militia guarding the coast 
of Accomac County. MatthcAv Floyd enlisted 1779, when lO years old. 
He is described as "soldier, patriot, minister of the Gospel, landholder, 
and gentleman." In 1824 he married his third wife, and had two daugh- 
ters, one of whom was Elizabeth, or Lizzie. At the age of 16. she mar- 
ried Thomas Bottimore, who died 1895. Mrs. Bottimore is a devoted 
member of the Presbyterian Church. 

20,163. Mrs. Fhebe Wells Mead. Mystic, Conn. Fanny Ledyard 
Chapter. Born in Groton, Conn. Wife of Matthew R. Mead. Daughter 
of Edward Wells and Ruth York, his w^ife. Edward \^'ells served as a 
powder-boy. He was born 1766: died 1856. Mrs. Mead died May 4. 
1903. 

20.174. Mrs. Jennett Carter TIig;;ins. Plantsville. Conn. Hannah 
WoodrufT Chapter. Born in Hampden, Conn., 1801 : died 1899. Wife of 
Widow of Timothy Higgins. Daughter of Elihu Carter, of Connecticut, 
and Sarah Hopkins, his wife. Elihu Carter (1759-1844) enlisted 1778, 
for three years, as an artificer. He received a pension for his services 
from Southington, where he was born and died. He served in Jeduthan 
Baldwin's Regiment. 

20.175. Mrs. Nancy Root Potter, Southington. Conn. Hannah 
Woodruff Chapter. Born in Haniden, Conn., 1801 : died 1899. Wife of 
Joel Potter. Daughter of Dr. Josiah Root, of C(->nnecticut. and Merah 
Lewis (1765-1841), his wife (m. 178(1). Josiah Root (1752-1841) served 
as apothecary of the Northern Department, and his name is on the pen- 
sion record as assistant apothecary general. He was born and died in 
Southington. He was an original member of the Cincinnati. 

20.176. Mrs. Emma Dutton Quill. Plantsville. Conn. Hannah 
Woodruff Chapter. Born in Southington, Conn.. 1808: died 180Q. 
Widow of Joseph Quill. Daughter of Timothv L)utton and Lucy Lang- 
don (1767-1854), his wife (m. 1785). Tim'othy Dutton (1761-1837) 
served as private under Capt. Asa Bray, Col. Noadiah Hooker's Regi- 
ment. He was born and died in Southington. 

20,195. Miss Mary Spooner, New Bedford, Mass. Ruth Hart Chap- 
ter, Conn. Born in Dartmouth, Mass., 1794: died 1891). Daughter of 
Micah Spooner, of Massachusetts, and Patience Crapo, his wife. Micah 
Spooner (1754-1822) served as "Minute Man" at the Lexington and 
Rhode Island Alarms. He was born in Dartmouth : died in Fairhaven. 
He also served in the War of 1812. His daughter Mary died on April 
28, 1899, aged 105 years, 2 months. 20 days. She lived all her life on 
the same spot where she was born, but by reason of changing lines had 
been a resident of three towns. New Bedford, Fairhaven and Acushnet. 
Miss Spooner began to work in a cotton mill at the age of 16, and con- 
tinued to work for many years. A prominent club woman, who began 



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active life as a mill worker and educated herself, has said that, how- 
ever it may seem now, work in the mills was emancipation for many 
New England girls, including herself. 

20,ig6. Mrs. Emeline Noble Hollister, Auburn, N. Y. Sabra Trum- 
bull Chapter, Conn. Born in Cromwell, Conn., 1802; died April i, 1900. 
Wife of Chester Hollister. Daughter of Dr. Gideon Noble and Lucy 
Wells, his wife. Dr. Gideon Noble (1763-1807) served as a fifer in 
Wadsworth's Brigade. He was born in Willington ; died in Glaston- 
burv, Conn. He served under dififerent commands from 1775 to 1783. 
The Legislature voted his father the money to pay the medical expenses 
of the son, who was a minor, and brought home an invalid. 

20,226. Mrs. Evaline Terrell Erwin, Rockmart, Ga. Xavier Chap- 
ter. Born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1800; died November, 
1897. Wife of Arthur Erwin. Daughter of Joel Terrell, Jr., of North 
Carolina, and Martha Williams, his wife. Joel Terrell, Jr. (1762-1819), 
was wounded at the Battle of Guilford and captured by the British. He 
was placed on the pension roll of Wake County. N. C., 1813. He was 
born in Charlottesville, Va! ; died in Rutherford County, N. C. 

20,267. Mi>^. Maria M. Ragan, North Chicago, 111. N'orth Shore 
Chapter, Highland Park. Born in Woodstock, Vt., 181 5. Wife of John 
G. Ragan. Daughter of Jacob Wilder, of Vermont, and Mary Wake- 
field, his wife. Jacob Wilder (1757-1848) was placed on the pension 
roll of Windsor County, Vt., 1818, for service of private in the Massa- 
chusetts Continental Line. He was born in Lancaster, Mass. ; died in 
Woodstock, Vt. On April 19th, 1775, Mrs. Ragan's grandfather went to 
the field where his sons were plougliing, and told them to turn out tlie 
oxen — and all marched to Concord. Jacob served there, also at Bunker 
Hill and Dorchester Heights. After the war he went to Vermont and 
was the first settler at Plymouth. His daughter, Maria, married Lucius 
G. Green, and went West in 1837. Mr. Green only lived a few months. 
Nearly hfty years later (1886) she married John G. Ragan, who lived 
about H year. Mrs. Ragan lived many years in Chicago, but in 1906 she 
went back to Vermont to participate in the celebration of "Old Home 
Week" at Plymouth. The exercises were held under an elm planted 
by her father 100 years before. She concluded to stay in her native town 
and be buried with her own kindred. She died there December 29, 1908. 

20,386. Mrs. Susan S. Dow, Lawrence, Mass. Betsy Ross Chap- 
ter, Massachusetts. Born in Waterloo, Maine, May i, 1819; died 1902. 
Wife . Daughter of Edward Walker, of Maine, 

and Susan Scribner, his wife. Edward Walker was placed on the pen- 
sion roll of York County, Maine. 1818, for the service of private in the 
Massachusetts Line. 

20,411. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Monroe. Taunton, Mass. Lydia Cobb 
Chapter. Born in Taunton, Mass., 1814. Wife of Francis Monroe. 
Daughter of Isaac Washburn, of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Rich- 
mond, his wife. Isaac Washburn (1755-1832) enlisted as a minute man, 



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1775- He received a pension for service in tlie Massachusetts Conti- 
nental Line and State Troops. He was born in Middleboro; died in 
Taunton. 

20,412. Miss Damaris Raymond, Taunton, Mass. Lydia Cobb 
Chaptei. Born in Taunton, Mass., 1804: died 1899. Daughter of Ben- 
jamin Raymond, of Massachusetts, and Betsey Andrews, his wife. Ben- 
jamin Raymond (1757-1839) served as a drummer, and was placed on 
the pension roll of Bristol County, 1818, for service of private in the 
Massachusetts Line. He died in Taunton. 

20.418. Mrs. Martha M. G. Kimball, Medwa}-. Mass. Lucy Jack- 
son Chapter. Born in South Dedham, Mass., 1803 : died 1898. Wife of 
Rev. Caleb Kimball. Daughter of Jacob Guild, of Massachusetts, and 
Chloe May, his wife. Jacob Guild (1760-1839) was placed on the pension 
roll of Norfolk County, 1832, for service as private in the Massachusetts 
Militia. He was born and died in South Dedham. He w^as present at 
Burgoyne's surrender. Mrs. Kimball was a woman of superior culture. 
She taught school until she was 50. when she married the Rev. Caleb 
Kimball, whom she survived eighteen years. .She was a charter member 
of the Newton Chapter, which afterwards united with the Lucy Jackson 
Chapter. 

20.419. Mrs. Hannah Higgins Bacon, Ijoston, Mass. Paul Revere 
Chapter. Born in Walflect, Mass., 1808: died 1899. Wife of John Bacon. 
Daughter of Eleazer Higgins. of Massachusetts, and Lurania Gross, his 
wife. Eleazer Higgins (1759-1831) enlisted at seventeen; was taken pris- 
oner and confined eighteen months in Mill I^rison, England. He was 
born and died in Walflcet. He served at the siege of Boston and later 
enlisted on a privateer. 

20.453. Mrs. Elizabeth \V. Durkcc, Mankatu, Minnesota. Anthony 
Wayne ChajUer, Minnesota. Born in Athens, Maine, 1818; died 1902. 
Wife of Benjamin Durkee. Daughter of Jonathan Wallingford and 
Elizabeth Bunker, his wife. Jonathan Wallingford ( 1762-1847) served as 
a private in Capt. Timothy Emerson's Comi^any, Col. Thomas Bartlett's 
Regiment of New Hampshire Militia. He was born in Rochester, N. H. ; 
died in Howland. Maine. Mrs. Durkee was made an honorary member 
of the Kansas City Chapter, D. A. R. After a chapter was formed in 
Mankato, Minn., she was transferred to the Anthony Wayne Chapter at 
that place. 

20,465. Mrs. Louisa Hoar Harris, Westminster, Mass. Ashuetot 
Chapter. New Hampshire. I'orn in Westminster, Mass., August 22, 1805* 
died February 8, 190T. Wife of George Harris. Daughter of Timothy 
Hoar, of Massachusetts, and Lydia Hunt, his wife. Timothy LToar (1759- 
1832) served as matross in Craft's Artillery, and as a private under dif- 
ferent commands. He was born in Concord and died in Westminster. 
Mrs. Harris belonged to the Hoar family, distinguished in the history of 
Massachusetts and the nation. Before her marriage she was a teacher. 



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20,468. Mrs. Malviiia J. Chapin Rowell, Crafton. San Bernardino 
County, Cal. Reprisal Chapter, New Hampshire. Born in Newport, 
N. H'., 1816; died 1901. Wife of George Berkeley Rowell. Daughter of 
Daniel Chapin and Ruth I.ane, his wife. Daniel Chapin (1758-1831) en- 
listed as a private, 1778. in Capt. David Beebe's Company, Col. Roger 
Eno's Regiment of Connecticut State Troops. He was born in Somers, 
Conn. ; died in Newport, N. H. He settled in the northwest part of the 
town, on a farm known to later generations as the Frederick Chapin 
place. He is buried in North Newport Cemetery. Mrs. Rowell went 
Avith her husband as a missionary to the Hawaiian Islands. Had a 
daughter born there. This daughter, Mrs. Ellen Louisa Rowell Lam- 
bert, still lives in Honolulu. 

20,554. Mrs. Asenath Moseley Burnett, Cape \'incent. N. Y. Le 
Ray de Chaumont Chapter. Born in Connecticut, 1799: died 1901. Wife 
of David Burnett. Daughter of Uriel Moseley, of Connecticut, and Sally 
Hammond, his wife (m. 1785). L^riel Moseley (1756-1826) served sev- 
eral enlistments as a private in the Militia. He died in Hampton, Conn. 
Mrs. Burnett was a survivor of one of those pioneer families who start- 
ed out from civilization to make homes in the wilds of Northern New 
York State. She died October 25. 1901, aged 102. She was born at 
Hampton, Conn., July 30, T799. Her father, Uriel Moseley, served as 
a minute man in company of Capt. Ebenezer Moseley. Mrs. Moseley 
was married in 1821. She lived in three centuries. 

20,717. Mrs. Frances Leonard Cleveland. Marietta, Cobb County, 
lieorgia. Cowpens Chapter, South Carolina. Born in Bristol, R. L, 
i8t6.' Wife of Robert Mathis Cleveland. Daughter ot Rev. Henry 
Wight and Clarissa Leonard, his wife. Henry Wight (1752-1857) left 
Harvard College to serve as a minute man at the Rhode Island Alarm. 
He was born in Medfield, Mass. ; died in Bristol, R. I. He was a private 
in Col. Hardee's Militia Regiment. 1775-6. Later, he returned to col- 
lege and graduated. He became a Congregational minister. His daugh- 
ter, Frances, at the age of 18, was confirmed in St. Andrews Protestant 
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, by Bishop White. She visited Wash- 
ington ; saw President Andrew Jackson at a reception in the White 
House: heard Webster, Clay and Calhoun speak in the Senate. In 1840 
she was married to Robert M. Cleveland, of Greenville, S. C. Mr. and 
Mrs. Cleveland lived many years at Lawrenceville, Ga. Later, they re- 
sided near Wartrace, Tennessee, wdiere Mr. Cleveland died in 1876. Mrs. 
Cleveland and her unmarried children then spent some years in Europe, 
after which they returned to Georgia. Mrs. Cleveland died September 
2T^. 1910. 

20,758. Mrs. Clarissa Becbc Oatman, Arlington. Vt. Brownson 
Chapter. Born in Granville. N. Y., 1803: died 1899. Wife of Dyer Oat- 
man. Daughter of Gideon Beebe, and Thankful Cook, his wife. Gideon 
Beebe, at the age of yz, was placed on the pension roll of Washington 



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Countv. New York, 1832, lor service of artillerist in the Massachusetts 
Militia. He gave two years' actual service. 

20,791. Miss Pamela Banks, Greenfield Hill, Conn. Dorothy Rip- 
ley Chapter. Born in Fairfield, Conn., 1806; died April 5, 1898. Daugh- 
ter of Nathan Banks and Mabel Bradley, his wife. Nathan Banks (1760- 
1841) was placed on the pension roll of ['"airfield County, 1832, for service 
of private and sergeant in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was 
born and died in Fairfield. 

20,825. ^irs. Phebe Castle, New Haven, Conn. Mary Clap Wooster 
Chapter. Born in Bethany, Conn., 1815. Wife of Dr. Andrew Castle. 
Daughter of Ezra Kimberly, of Connecticut, and Lucy Ball, his third 
wife. Ezra Kimberly (1764-1844) served at the age of seventeen. He 
was born and died in New Haven County. 

20,828. Miss Lucretia Kimberly, New Haven. Conn. Mary Clap 
Wooster Chapter. Born in Bethany, Conn., March, 1821 ; died August 
10, 1900. Daughter of Ezra Kimberly and Lucy (Ball) Beecher, his third 
wife. Sister of Mrs. I'hebe Kimberly Castle, National Number. 20,825. 
Miss Lucretia Kimberly was the youngest daughter of Ezra Kimberly 
(1764-1844). He served at the age of seventeen. He was born and 
died in New Haven County, 

20,903. Mrs. Julia Rowena Towne, Evanston, 111. Fort Dearborn 
Chapter. Born in Marlboro, New Flampshire, 1817. Wife of 

. Daughter of Shubael Stone, of New Hampshire, and 
Polly Rogers (b. 1770). his wife (m. 1791). Shubael Stone (1766-1823) 
served on the Hudson near the close of the war. He was born in Weston, 
Mass. ; died in Marlboro, N. H. 

21.007. Miss Fanny Howe, East Brookfield, Mass. Mercy War- 
ren Chapter. Born in Spencer, Mass., ; died 1898. Daughter of 
Joel Howe and Esther Bemis, his first wife. Joel Howe (1761-1854) was 
placed on the pension roll, 1832, of Worcester County for service as 
private in the Massachusetts Alilitia. He was born in Leicester; died 
in Spencer, Mass. 

21.008. Mrs. Victoria E. R. Blanchard, Holyi)ke, Mass. Mercy 
Warren Chapter. Born in Stanbridge, Canada East, 1841 : living 191 1. 
Widow of William H. Blanchard. Daughter of Jeremiah Rockwell and 
Abby Rockwell, his wife. Jeremiah Rockwell (1754-1852) was placed 
on the pension roll of Addison County. Vermont, for service of private 
in the Connecticut Militia. 

21,024. Mrs. Jane B. Marshall, Cambridgeport, Mass. C)ld South 
Chapter. Born in Brunswick, Maine. 1810: died 1901. Wife of 

Daughter of Daniel McManners, of 
Maine, and Elizabeth Tarr, his wife. Daniel McManners (1763-1851) 
served in the sea coast defense from Brunswick, where he was born and 
died. He enlisted, 1782, in Capt. George Ulmer's Company. Col. James 
Harter's Regiment, for sea coast defense. 



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21,112. Mrs. Diantha Maria B. Ryder, Elizabeth, New Jersey. 
Boudinot Chapter. Born in Stephen Town, .\. Y., 1806: died January, 
1898. Widow of Chauncey Ryder. Daughter of .A.zor Boug-hton and 
Betsey Nickerson, his wife. Azor Boughton (1762-1848) enHsted'in 
Sheldon's dragoons, 1779. and served to the close of the war. He re- 
ceived a pension in Albany County, .V. Y. He was born in Stock- 
bridge, Mass.; died in Cambridge, N. Y. 

21,165. Mrs. Angeline Bensley Ford, Lima, Livingston County, 
N. Y. General Nicholas Herkimer Chapter. Born in Fairfield, New 
York, 1819. Wife of Albert G. Ford. Daughter of David Bensley and 
Abigail Putnam (b. 1776), his wife (m. 1815). David Bensley (1755- 
1847) was placed on the pension roll of Herkimer County, N. Y., 1831, 
for service of private in the Rhode Island Line. He was born in Provi- 
dence County, R. L; died in Fairfield, N. Y. 

21,188. Mrs. Sarah E. DeWitt Chambers, Poughkeepsie, New York. 
Mahwenawasigh Chapter. Born in Wawarsing, X. Y., 
died 1900. Wife of Cornelius Chambers. Daughter of John A. DeWitt 
and Maria Vernooy, his wife. John A. DeVV^itt (1753-1818) served as 
ensign in Capt. James McBride's company of Lister County Militia, 
1778. He was born and died in LHster County, N. Y. 

21,323. Mrs. Annie Knight Gregory, Selinsgrove. Pa. Coiirad 
Weiser Chapter. Born in Liverpool, Pa., 1843; living igrr. Wife of B. 
F. Gregory. Daughter of Richard Knight, of Pennsylvania, and Sarah 
Berry, his third wife. Richard Knight (1765-1850) served as drummer 
in Capt. John Beatty's company. Col. Robert Magaw's regiment, 1776. 
He was born in Adams County ; died in Perry Ccninty. Pa. Served as 
drummer and fifer in the Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, under Col. 
Josiah Harmer, in Capt. Thomas Bull's company; private under Capt. 
Walter Finney, J778. Also, captain in the \Var of 1812. Richard 
Knight died January, 1850, aged 85. His daughter. Annie, born March 
23, 1843, was the youngest "Real Daughter" admitted to the National 
Society up to 1897. ^Irs. Gregory joined at the age of 54. Since then 
she has had a younger sister admitted at the age of S2. These two 
sisters were the youngest children of Richard Knight's third wife. Annie 
Knight was married, 1863, to B. F. Gregory, of the Selinsgrove National 
Bank. Mrs. Gregory is still in active life. She is Regent of the Conrad 
Weiser Chapter, and was delegate to the Continental Congress several 
times. 

21,349. Mrs. Susan Polk Rayner, Stephenville, Texas. Mary Isham 
Keith Chapter. Born in Raleigh. North Carolina, 1822; living 1911. 
Wife of Kenneth Rayner. Daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel W'illiam 
Polk, of North Carolina, and Sarah Hawkins, his second wife. William 
Polk (1758-1834) was at Brandy wine and Germantown, where he was 
wounded; at Camden, Guilford Court House, and at B^utaw Springs, 
where he received a wound, from the efTects of which he never recov- 
ered He rose to the rank of colonel of Militia and was an original 



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member of the Citiciminti. He was iilaced on the pension roll of \\'ake 
County. N. C, for service of major in the South Carolina Continental 
Line. Mrs. Rayner was a sister of the Confederate General Leonidas 
Polk, who was also Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana. He was 
born in Raleig^h, N. C. 1806; was graduated from West Point, 1827; 
ordained a clergyman; chosen Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, 1841 ; 
joined the Confederate Army, 1861 ; was killed at Pine Knob, Georgia. 
1864. Miss Polk was educated at Miss Hawk's Select School for Young 
Ladies, Philadelphia, where she was placed by her brother. Bishop Polk, 
who was also her godfather. She married the Hon. Kenneth Rayner. 
member of Congress, from the First District, North Carolina. He died 
in 1884, and Mrs. Rayner removed to Texas. She is a cousin of Presi- 
dent James K. Polk. Mrs. Rayner was first Regent of the new chapter 
at Stephenville. A tablet to the memory of her father. Col. William 
Polk, has been placed in Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina. 

21,356. Mrs. Almira Bannister Mason, East Poultney, Vt. Hebcr 
Allen Chapter. Born in Povvnal, \'t., 1822. Wife of James N. Mason. 
Daughter of Thomas Bannister, of \'ermont, and Lydia Downer, his 
wife (1785-1861). Thomas Bannister (1759-1824) was placed on the 
pension roll of Bennington County, \'t., 181 8, for services of private in 
the -Massachusetts Militia. He was born in Brookfield, Mass. ; died in 
Pownal, Vt. Mrs. Almira Bannister Mason was a sister of Mrs. Susan 
Bannister Keyes, of Bennington, Vt., National Number, 22.440. 

21,371, Mrs. Abigail Eoote Loomis, East Hampton, Conn. W'ads- 
worth Chapter. Born in Colchester. Conn., 1798; died 1899. Widow of 
Alfred Isham Loomis. Daughter of Nathaniel Foote. of Ccumecticut. 
and Abigail (Foote) F'oote, his wife. Nathaniel Foote (1742-1829) served 
as a private at the battle of White Plains, and was at New London when 
it was attacked. He was born and died in Colchester. 

21,426. Mrs. Mary Augusta Steele Cleveland, Winsted, Conn. 
Green Woods Chapter. Born in Hartford, Conn., 1818. Wife of Charles 
Miller Cleveland. Daughter of John Steele, of Connecticut, and Lucy 
Smith Saxton, his wife. John Steele (1759-1830) was placed on the 
pension roll of Flarlford County, 1818, for service of musician in the 
Connecticut Line. He was born and died in Flartford. Mary Augusta, 
his youngest child, was born in Hartford. In 1841, she married Charles 
M. Cleveland, of Winsted, Conn., and went with bin, to St. Louis, Mo. 
Mr. Cleveland died in 1861, and the widow returned to Winsted. She was 
a charter member of Green W^oods Chapter. Mrs. Cleveland di'ed Febru- 
ary 17, 1907. For many years be.^orc her death she had been a devoted 
member of the Episcopal Church. 

21,478- Mrs. Eliza Johnson, Ligonicr, Indiana. Nathaniel Prentice 
Chapter. Born in Attica, New York, 1816; died 1898. Wife of J. C. 
Johnson Daughter (->f Nathaniel Prenticp, of Connecticut, and Marga- 
ret Hedden Boycr. his wife. Nathaniel Prentice (1764-1839) was placed 
on the pei:sion"roll of Genesee County, N. Y., 1831, for service of private 



in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in New London Co., 
Conn. ; died in Noble Co.. Indiana. After serving his term of enHst- 
ment he went on board a privateer, when he was subsequently captured 
and confined to the prison-ship "jersey," from which he was seni to 
Jamaica, where he was kept till the close of the war. He sailed to 
Charlestoii, S. C, and from there traveled on foot to Preston, Conn. He 
had be^n in the battles of Bennington, Saratoga, Monmouth and others; 
was present at West Point and saw Major Andre hung ; witnessed the 
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. His wife, Margaret Hedden. was 
a descendant of the Van Rensselacrs .-i Albany, N. Y. Eliza Prentice 
was married to J. C. Johnson. November 24, 1839. Had eight children. 
Since 1852, the family resided on their he mestead farm, near Ligonier. 
Indiana. 

21,492. Mrs. Margaret Wright Brown, Toj'cka, Kansas. Topeka 
Chapter. Born in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, April 13. 1803; died October 
25, 1900. Wife of Robert H. Brown. Daughter o^ William Wright and 
Margaret Phillips, his first v.'ife. William Wright (1 762-1841) was 
placed on the j)en''iion roll of Ohio, 1831, for service of private in the 
Pennsylvania Militia. He died in Butler County. Ohio. After the war 
he bought a farm, now included within the limits of Cincinnati. He 
served both in the Revohilic^nary War and War of 1812. Mrs. Rrown 
has a double claim to he called a "Real Daughter." inasmuch as her 
mother also rendered material aid to the cause of American Indepen- 
dence. She melted her pewter dishes and moulded bullets for the sol- 
diers. Mrs. Brown was married young. Her husliand for a tmie kept a 
village store at Camden, Ohio. 

21,527, Mrs. Lydia Lane Pool. Roclvland. Mass. Deborah Samp-'^on 
Chapter. Born Abington, Mass., 1812; died 1901. Wife of Elias Pool. 
Daughter of Daniel Lane, of Massachusetts, and Lydia Joy. his wife. 
Daniel Lane (1750-1837) served as private and corporal in Capt. William 
Reed's company of Minute Men. He was born and died in Abington. 

21,536. Mrs. Rebecca Dc Carteret Pratt. Chelsea, Mass. General 
Benjamin Lincoln Chapter. Born in I>oston, 1816; died 1900. V'ife of 
Samuel Pratt. Daughter of John De Carteret (1745-182O. and Nancy 
Smith, his third wife (m. 1805). John De Carteret served as an arti- 
ficer in the Commissary Department. He was born in Charlestown : died 
in Boston. He was a direct descendant of Philip Carteret. Royal Gov- 
ernor of New Jersey in the reign of Charles H. In 1838. Rebecca Car- 
teret married Samuel Pratt, of Chelsea. Mass.. and went to reside in 
the Pratt homestead, built 1660, which has sheltered seven generations 
of Pratts. The house overlooks a ravine, where during the Revolu- 
tionary War. a battery was planted, which was inspected by General 
Washington himself. Hence, the name \Vashington has been given to 
the avenue. 

21,641. Mrs. Emilv Piper Allen. Nottingham. New Hampshire. 
Molly Reid Chapter. Borti in Tuftonborough. N. H'.. 1821. Wife of 



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Lyman Allen. Daughter of John Piper and Anna Young, his wife. 
John Piper (17^-1830) enlisted for three years in the New Hampshire 
Militia. He was born in VVolfboroug-h; died in Tuftonboroug-h. He was 
twice married, and had twenty-one children. 

21,644. Mrs. Eliza Cooley Glines, Manchester, Xew Hampshire. 
Molly Stark Chapter. Born in Lisbon, N. H., 1820. Wife of Dearborn 
P. Glines. Daughter of Aaron 'Jooley and Susan Parker, his second 
wife. Aaron Gooley (1753-1834) served three years as a soldier in the 
Massachusetts Continental Line. He was placed on the pension roll, 
1818, of (irafton County, X. H., where he died. He was born in Peter- 
borough, and died in Landaft", N. H. He was at Ticonderoga and Valley 
Forge. 

21,795. Miss Milliscent Clay Peck, Providence, R. L Gaspee 
Chapter. Born in Pawtucket, R. I., 1818. Daughter of Cyrus Peck and 
Clarissa Kellogg, his wife. L'yrus Peck (1750-1830) served as a privata 
in the Massachusetts Militia. He was born in Rehoboth, Mass.; died in 
Pawtucket, K. L 

21,858. Mrs. Julia Banks Wilson, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co., 
Conn. Dorothy Ripley Chapter, Southpt^rt. Born in Fairfield. Conn., 
1807; died September 24, 1900. Wife of Benjamin Wilson. Daughter 
of Elijah Banks and Mabel Ogucn, his wife (m. 1784). Elijah Banks, 
of Connecticut, served in the sea coast defense, 1779, under Capt. Eli- 
phalet Thorp. He was born and died in Fairfield, Conn. 

21.875- Mrs. Betsey Ives, Brooksvale, Conn. Hannah Woodruff 
Chapter. Born in \Vaterbury, Conn., 1819; died April, 1898. W'ife of 
. Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Payne and Eliza- 
beth Payne, his wife. Thomas Jeft'erson Payne (1758-1825) served in 
the Northern Department, 1775, and in 1777 enlisted in Capt^. James 
Peck's company. He was born in New Haven; died in Waterbury. 

21,896. Mrs. Martha Abell Rich, East Hampton, Conn. Susan 
Carrington Clarke Chapter. Born in 'Chatham, Conn., 1806: died 1902. 
Widow of Amos Rich. Daughter of Abel Abell and Jemima Brainard. 
his wife. Abel Abell (1757-1841) served several enlistments, suff'ered 
as a prisoner, and survived to receive a pension. Tie was born in Nor- 
wich ; died in Chatham, Ccnn. 

21.901. Mrs. Caroline Brockway Pratt, Esse", Toiiu. Susan Car- 
rington Clarke Chapter. Born in Lyme, Conn., i8if, died 1900. Wife of 
Henry G. Pratt. Daughter of John Brockway and Irene Reed, his wife. 
John Brockway (1755-1841) had his name placed on the pension roll of 
New London County, 1832, for service of private in the Connecticut 
Continental Line. He was born and died in Lyme. 

21.902. Mrs. Anne D. Lee, Meriden, Conn. Susan Carrington 
Clarke Chapter. Born in Middletown, Conn.. August 5. 1803: died 1899. 
Widow of David Lee. Daughter of Lieut. Thompson Phillips, of Con- 
necticut, and Abby Mumford, his "/ife (m. 1793). Thompson Phillips 
served as second lieutenant on the brigantine '"Minerva," an armed vessel 



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fitted out for State service, 1775. He was born, 1752, in Midclletovvn, 
where. he died. Mrs. Lee died ^larch 30. 1899. at the home of her daugh- 
ter, the Countess W'alder.see Altona. Germany. 

21,505. Mrs. Phebe Rockwell Gainfort, Meriden, Conn. Susan 
Carring-tun Clarke Chapter. Born in Milford, Pennsylvania. 1805. Wife 
of William L. Gainfort. Daughter of Jabez Rockwell and Betsey Mul- 
ford, his second wife (m. 1799). Jabez Rockwell (1761-1847) enlisted 
at sixteen and served until the surrender at Yorktown. Me w^s wounded 
at Saratoga and Monmouth. He was born in Ridgefield. Conn. : died 
in Honesdale. Pa. Mrs. Gainford is a sister of Mrs. Catharine Rockwell 
Bowden, National Number, 10.750: and of Mrs. Lucinda Rockwell Val- 
entine, National Number. 13,769. Mrs. Gainfort is also a member of the 
D. R. Society. Her number is 43H9. Sue resided for a time at Port 
Jervis, N. Y. 

21,970. Mrs. Patsy Wilson Patterson. I'ldianapolis, Indiana. Cam- 
line Scott Harrison Chapte . Ron; 1816; died 1901. December. Wife of 
S. J. Patterson. Daughtc. of Isaac 'iVilson and Sarah Ncal, his wife. 
Isaac Wilson (1747-1823) was a member of the Watauga Association, 
1776, and was among those who in their petition to the Provincial 
Congress of North Carolina resohed to strictly carry out the order.s 
of the Continental Congress. The Watauga Association was comi)osed 
of patriots of Eastern Tennessee, who adhered to Col. John Sevier. 
Isaac Wilson came to Indianapolis from North Carolina, in 1820, when 
there were but two houses in the future capital. He was an early 
Methodist and meetings were held at his house for years. He was one 
of the founders of the First M. E. Church of lndiana|)olis. 

21,999. Mrs. Hannah Hodges Hunt. Augusta, Maine. Koussinoc 
Chaptei. Born in Augusta. Me.. 1804; died 1898. Wife of William 
Hunt. Daughter of Ezra Hodges and Mehitablc Pollard, his wife. Ezra 
Hodges (1 762-1851) enlisted at sixteen and served under different com- 
mands in the Alassachusetts Militia. He was born in Norton. Mass.; 
died in Vassalboro, Maine. Ezra Hodges, during his service, was a 
member of Washington's body guard: wis at Long Island and Valley 
Forge. 

22,103. i^Iiss Ruth T. .'>hort. Newbury, Mass. Old Newbury Chajv 
ter. Born in Newbury, 1829. Daughter <if Moses Short and Abigail 
Ilsley, his wife. Moses Short (1760-1841) served as a private and re- 
ceived a pension. He was born in Newbury, where he died. Miss Ruth 
I. Short is a sister of Miss Abigail Short, National Number, 19,258. Miss 
Ruth I. Short is still living, 191 1. 

22,119. Mrs. Lucy Ann Reid. Medford, Mass. Sarah Bradlee Fulton 
Chapter. Born in Eastport, Maine. 1805: died 1902. Wife of Joshua 
Thomas Reid. Daughter of Lemuel Spurr, of Massachusetts, and Lois 
Bullard. his wife (m. t8oo). Lemuel Spurr (1747-1808) served as 
"Minute Man" at various alarms. He was born in Dorchester, where he 
died. He was a private in Capt. John Bradley's company, Col. Lemuel 



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Robinson's regiment, from Milton, on alarm of April 19, 1775. Served 
also in Col, Benjamin Gill's regiment for sea-coast defense; also, in a 
company that reinforced the Northern Army. His daughter, Lucy Ann, 
married Joshua Thomas Reid, March 10, 1821;. Her husband and two of 
her sons served in the Civil War. Mrs. Reid is a Swedenborgian. the 
oldest member of the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem. On I^aster 
Sunday, 1901, she attended communion in her church with two young- 
grandsons, who liad been confirmed at the morning ser\ice and received 
the sacrament for the first time. 

22,ig8. Mrs. Eliza Hamilton Haslet, Hillsboro Bridge, New Hamp- 
shire. Born in Searsnu nt, Maine, J820; died 1902. Wife of George 
Haslet. Daughter of Richard Hamilton, oi Maine, and Polly Alorrison, 
his wife. Richard Hamilton (1759-1834) had his name placed on the 
pension roll of Waldo County, Maine, for service of private in ihe New 
Hampshire Line. He was born in Berwick ; died in Searsmont. He en- 
listed when sixteen and served throughout the war. Eliza Hamilton 
was married to George Haslet, 1838. The greater part of her married 
life was spent in Boston. Eor many years she was a consistent member 
of the Bromfield Street .slethcdist Church. For seven years prior to 
her death, she lived with her son at Hillsbbro Bridge, New Hampshire. 
She was a charter member of Eunice Baldwin Chapter. She died Feb- 
ruary 9, 1902, and was buried at Cedar Gro\'e, Dorchester, Mass., be- 
side her husband, who died September 16, 1874. 

22,440. Mrs. Susan Bannister Keyes, Bennington, Vermont. Ben- 
nington Chapter. Born in Pownall, Vermont, 1815; died 1902. Wife 
of Samuel Keyes. Daughter of Thomas Bannister and Lydia Downer 
(1785-1861), his wife. Thomas Bannister (1759-1824) had his name 
placed on the pei>sion roll of Bennington County. Vt., for service of 
private in the Massachusetts Line. He was born in Sudbury, 1762; 
died in Pownall, Vt. Mrs. Susan Hannister Keyes was a sister of Mrs. 
Almira Bannister Mason, National Number, 21.356. 

22,501. Mrs. Hepzibah Smith Rhodes, Thompson, Conn. Eliza- 
beth Porter Putnam Chapter. Born in Sutton, Massachusetts. 1810; 
died 1898. Wife of Horatio Nelson Rhodes. Daughter of Alexander 
Smith and Hepzibah Hobbs, his wife. Alexander Smith had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Middlesex County, 1818, for service of 
private in the Massachusetts Line. He was born in Ludbnry, 1762; 
died in Grafton. 

22,504. Mrs. Caroline Way C'lark, Floneoye Falls. .Vew York. Faith 
Trumbull Chapte'- Conn. Born in Lyme, Conn.. ; died 1902. 

Wifp. of William Sheldon Clark. Daughter of Elisha Way, of Connec- 
ticut, and Eunice Crocker, his wife. Elisha Way, (1757-1842), had his 
name placed on the pension roll of New London Co".nty, 1831, for ser- 
vice of private and sergeant in the Connecticut Continental Line. He 
was born in Lyme, where he died. 



22,528. Mrs. Jerusha L. Doane Carter, Meriden, Conn. Ruth Hart 
Chapter. Born in 1806: died 1899. Widow of Charles Carter. Daugh- 
ter of Joel Doane, of Connecticut, and Jemima L'Homedieu, his wife. 
Joel Doane, (1763-1852), liad his name placed on the pension roll 
for service of private in the militia. He was born in Westbrook, where 
he died. Mrs. Jerusha L. Doane Carter was a sister of Mrs. Jemima 
Matilda Doane Snow, National Number, 12,547. 

22,545. Mrs. Maria L. IJronson Bradley, West Haven, Conn. Su- 
san Carr'iigton Clarke Chapter. Born in Waterbury, Conn., 1807. Wife 
of William L. Bradley. Daughter of Joseph Bronson, of Connecticut, 
and Hannah Porter, his wife. Joseph Bronson, (1764-1851), had his 
name placed on the pension roll for service of private. He was born in 
Waterbury, where he died. 

22,669. Mrs. Rachel Wilson Hammond Wilson, Quiet Dell, Har- 
rison County, W. Va. General De Lafayette Chapter, Indiana. Born 
in Harrison County, Va., 1820. Daughter of Benjamin W^ilson, of Vir- 
ginia, and Phoebe Davidson, his second wife. Benjamin Wilson (1747- 
1827), who served in the expedition against Dunmore; was active in 
the warfare against the Indians, (1775-1783). He was born in Shenan- 
doah County; died in Harrison County, Va. After the war. Captain 
Wilson was very prominent in the development of that part of Vir- 
ginia, west of the Alleghenies. He served in the Virginia Legislature 
from Monogalia County. In 1784, he secured the organization of Har- 
rison County. In 1788. he was a delegate to the Convention of Vir- 
ginia, which ratified the Constitution of the (J. S. A. ; sketch of his life 
was written by the historian, Benson J. Lossing, who calls him, "Col. 
Ben. W'ilson. Pioneer of the Alleghenies." Mrs. Wilson is Col. Wilson's 
youngest child. 

22,769. Mrs. Harriet Felton, Eloise, Wayne County, Mich. Louisa 
St. Clair Chapter Bor: in Charleston, New York, 1813; died 1898. 
Wife of Lyman Felton. Daughter of Joel Bishop and Phoebe Avery, 
his wife. Samuel Shelley (1765-1838) served as a fifer. His name was 
as a private in the Connecticut Militia. He was born in Guilford, Conn. ; 
died in Huron County, Ohio. Mrs. Felton was one of thirteen children. 

22.879. Mrs. Martha Shelley Baker, St. Louis, Missouri. Le Ray 
de Chaumont Chapter, N. Y. Born in Brownsville, N. Y., 1827. Wife 
of Joseph E. Baker. Daughter of Samuel Shelley, and Catharine Pride, 
his wife. Samuel Shelley, (1765-1838), served as a fifer. His name was 
placed on the pension roll, 1818. for service in the Connecticut Militia. 
He was born in Stratford, Conn., died in Jefiferson County, N. Y. 

22.880. Mrs. Marietta Shelley Pierce, Dexter, N. Y. Le Ray de 
Chaumont Chapter. Born in Brownsville, N. Y., 1818; died 1898. Wife 
of De Forest Pierce. Daughter of Samuel Shelley and Catharine Pride, 
his wife. Mrs. Marietta Shelley Pierce was a sister of Mrs. Martha Shel- 
ley Baker, National Number, 22,879. 



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22,88i. Miss Rebecca Shelley, Dexter, X. Y. Le Ray de Chau- 
mont Chapter. Born in Brownsville, N. Y., t8ii; died 1899. Daughter 
of Samuel Shelley and Catharine Pride, his wife. Miss Rebecca Shelley 
was a sister of Mrs. Marietta Shelley Pierce, National Number. 22,880; 
and of Mrs. Martha Shelley Baker, National Number, 22,879. 

22,882. Mrs. Sally Davis Newman, Redwood, Jefferson County, 
New Jerse}-. Le Ray de Chaumont Chapter, Watertown, N. Y. Born 
in Leroy, N. Y. ; died 1901. Wife -""f Col. A. D. Newman. Daughter of 
Jesse Davis and Sarah Stewart, hvs wife. Jesse Davis (1758- 1830) 
served as a private in the Massachusetts Militia. He died in Alexandria, 
N. Y. 

23,037. Miss Jane Martin Mortf^n, West Salisbury. Vermont. 
Ethan Allen Chapter. Born in Middleboro, Mass., 1894; died 1902. 
Daughter of John Morton, of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Leonard, 
his second wife (m. 1787). John Morton, (1763-1857), enlisted at sev- 
enteen, from Middleboro, and in 1781, re-enlisted, to serve in the ex- 
pedition to Rhode Lsland. He was born in \'ermont. He was among 
those who turned out at the Lexington y\!arm. 

23,140. Mrs. Nancy De Graff Toll. Monroe, Mich. Louisa St. Clair 
Chapter. Born in Schenectad}^ N. Y., 1797: died 1898. Wife of Philip 
R. Toll. Daughter of Majoi Isaac De Graff, of New York, and Susan 
Van Epps, his wife, (m. 1774). Isaac De Graff (1757-1844), served as 
Deputy Commissary of Issues in the Northern Department. New York 
Continental Line. His name was placed on the list of pensioners, 1832. 
He was born in Schenectady, where he died. Mrs. Toll was of patriotic 
ancestry on both sides, her mother's i)eople, the Van Epps family also 
rendering material aid to the cause of Independence. Her brother, John 
I. De Graff furnished $100,000 to Commodore MacDonough, with which 
to equip a fleet on Lake Champlain. 1814. Mrs. Toll's husband was 
captain of artillery during the invasion of Canada, in the W,"r of 181 2. 
In early days, Mrs. Toll was one of those who greeted Lafayette on 
his visit to Schenectady. In 1817, Nancy De Graff was married to Philip 
R. Toll (1793-1862). Mrs. Toll died at her home in Monroe, Mich., 
March 27. 1898; aged 100 years, 6 months 9 days. She was a survivor 
of the band of little girls who strewed flowers before Lafayette at 
Schenectady. 

23,160. Mrs. Ann Pierce Ilaynes, Brctokline. Mass. Hannah God- 
dard Chapter. Born in Roxbury, Mass., 1810: died 1898. Wife of 
Clark Lewis Ilaynes. Daughter of James Pierce, of ^Massachusetts, 
and Lydia Clapp. his wife. James Pierce v'l 754-1 826) served as matross 
in Capt. Thomas Pierce's Company, Gr'dley's Artillery. 1775. He was 
born in Dorchester: died in Roxbury. Alass. 

23,.i7o- Mrs. Adeline Goulding, Hyde Park. Mass. Old South 
Chapter. Born in Concord, Mass., t8io: died 1899. W'ife of Joseph 
Goulding. Daughter of General William Hildrcth, of Massachusetts, 
and Marv Hildreth, his wife. William Hildreth (1757-1813) served as 



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a private in the Massachusetts Militia. He was born in Dracut; died 
in Concord, Mass. Mrs. Goulding was a relative of the historian, Rich- 
ard Hildreth. 

23.345- Mrs. Siatira Hedge, Beardslee, Hartford, Conn. Ruth 
Wyllys Chapter. Born in Roxbury. Conn., 1809: died igoo. Daughter 
of Col. Philo Hedge, of Connecticut, and Lucy Newton, his wife. Philo 
Hedge (1756-1842) had his name placed on the pension roll of Litchfield 
County, for service of private. He was born in Old Milford ; died in 
Roxbury, Conn. 

23,382. Mrs. Eliza A Melvin Shrader, Iowa City, Iowa, Pilgrim 
Chapter. Born in Portland, Maine, 1808. Wife of John Shrader. Daugh- 
ter of Isaac Melvin and Abigail Dearborn, his wife. Isaac Melvin (1753- 
1842) served several enlistments from Concord, Mass., for duty in Rhode 
Island. He was born in Ireland ; died in Washington County, Ohio. At 
the age of seventeen,, he enlisted in Capt. Abishai Brown Company, Col. 
John Robinson's Regiment, July 7, 1777. In 1813, the family moved to 
Ohio. In 1828, Eliza was married to John Shrader. Their son, Dr. 
J. C. Shrader, was one of the founders of the Medical School, of the 
Iowa State University. Mrs. Shrader spent the greater part of her life 
near Marietta, Ohio. 

23,409. Mrs. Eunice Sherman Tobey, Conway. Mass. Dorothy 
Quincy Hancock Chapter. Born in Conway, Mass.. 1808; died. 1899. 
Wife of John Tobey. Daughter of Caleb Sherman, and Eunice Bacon, 
his wife. Caleb Sherman (1762-1847) had his name placed on the pen- 
sion roll of Franklin County, 1831, for service of private in the Massa- 
chusetts Militia. He w-as born in Shrewsbury; died in Conway, Mass. 

23,560. Mrs. Julia Eddy Calder, Providence, R. I. Sabra Trumbull 
Chapter, Conn. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, 1828. Wife of 
John Lewis Calder. Daughter of Capt. Barnard Eddy and Julia Gran- 
ville Westcott, his wife. Barnard Eddy (1762-1847) had his name placed 
on the pension roll of Providence County, 183T, for two years" service 
of lieutenant and captain. He was born in Providence, R. L, where he 
died. He enlisted. 1777, in the company of his father, Capt. Barnard 
Eddy. Julia Eddy was born 1828, when her father was sixty-six years 
old.' In 1847. she married John Lewis Calder; had six sons all of 
whom were living at the time" of her death. She died January 6. 1906. 

23,649- Mrs. Lois Johnson I^pson, Waterbury, Conn. Hannah 
Woodruff Chapter. Born in Southington, Conn., 1817: died 1900. Wife 
of Lucien Upson. Daughter of Levi Johnson and Ruth Judd. his third 
wife. Levi Joimson (1762-1834) had his name placed on the pension 
roll of New Haven County, 1833, for service of private in the Connecti- 
cut Continental Line. 

23,676. Mrs. Augusta Wooster Lum. Seymotir, Conn. Sarah Lud- 
low Chapter. Born in Derbv. Conn.. 1802; died 1899. Wife of Clark 
Lum. Daughter of Ephraini Wooster and Mittie Vose, his wife. 



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Ephraim Wooster (1764-1830) served as sergeant in the Connecticut 
Militia. He was born in Waterbury, Conn.; died in New York City. 

23.681. Miss Rebecca Osborn, Litchfield, Conn. Susan Carring- 
ton Clarke Chapter. Born in Litchfield, Conn., 1801. Daughter of 
Eliada Osborn, of Connecticut, and Abigail Marsh, his wife. Eliada Os- 
born (1761-1847) served on the Hudson under his father, Capt. John 
Osborn. The name of Eliada Osborn was placed on the pension roll 
of Litchfield County, 1831, fur service of private in the Connecticut 
Militia. He was born in Litchfield, where he died. 

23.682. Mrs. Anna Parkhurst Bird, Des Moines, Iowa. Sabra 
Trumbull Chapter, Conn. Born in White River Junction, Vermont, 
1812; died December, 1910. Daughter of William Knowlton (1767-1821) 
and Betsey Noonan, his wife. William Knowlton served as a matross, 
1782, in Capt. Benjamin Durkee's Company. He was born in Ashford, 
Conn.; died in White River Junction, Vt. 

23,689. Miss Mary J. Deming, East Haddam, Conn. VVadsworth 
Chapter. Born in Hebron, Conn., 1807; died 1899. Daughter of Ed- 
mund Deming, of Connecticut, and Bethiah Clay N'ichols, his wife (d. 
1854). Edmund Deming had his name placed on the pension roll, 1818, 
for service of private in the Connecticut Militia. He was born 1754, in 
Andover, wdiere he died, 1829. 

23,795. Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher Lennon, Denver, Colorado. Den- 
ver Chapter. Born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, February 4. 1823. Wife 
of John Alexander Lennon. Daughter of Lieut. Samuel Brown and 
Polly Newkirk, his second wife. Samuel Brown (1749-1828) served as 
lieutenant in Arnold's expedition to Canada ; was taken prisoner and 
paroled, 1776. His name was placed on the pension roll of Ohio, 1818, 
for service of lieutenant, Massachusetts Line. He was born in Cam- 
bridge. Mass. ; died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. He en- 
listed in the company of his brother-in-law. Captain Lsaac Davis, April 
19, 1775; was at Bunker Hill. Elizabeth Brown was the youngest of 
tw'enty-one children. In 1845, she married John A. Lennon ; lived in 
Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Mrs. Lennon took an active part in 
the Soldiers' Aid Society during the Civil War. In 1870, Mr. and Mrs. 
Lennon moved to Colorado, wdiere Mr. Lennon died in 1883. Mrs. Len- 
non was one of those American women who had an acknowledged right 
to the ballot. She died 1906. 

23,800. Mrs. Annis Munroe, Rushville, 111. Member-at-large. Born 
in Utica, N. Y., December 10, 181 5. Wife of Thomas Munroe. Daugh- 
ter of Capt. Benjamin Hinman and Anna Keyser, his wife (m. 1787). 
Benjamin Hinman (1757-1821), had his name placed on the pension 
roll of Oneida County, N. Y., for service of aid de camp to the quarter- 
master general in the Rhode Island Line. He was aid to General 
Greene and attained the rank of major. Annis was educated at a pri- 
vate French school in Utica. Her brother was mayor of that city in 
1824, and received Lafayette: and the little Annis was able to converse 



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with the great general in his own language. At sexeiiteen, she came 
to Illinois, and on October 5, 1841, was married to Dr. Thomas Mun- 
roe, surgeon in the U. S. Army. They resided at Jacksonville. 111. Mrs. 
Munroe died at Rushville, 111., February 6, 1905. 

23,824. Mrs. Julia Ann Weaver, Davenport, Iowa. Hannah Cald- 
well Chapter. Born in Accomac County, Virginia, August 6, 1806; died 
March i, 1899. Wife of John Weaver. Daughter of William War- 
rington, of Virginia, and Nancy Holland (1771-1850), his third wife. 
William Warrington (175 1-1850) served as a private in the Life Guard 
of Washington, commanded by Capt. Caleb Gibbs. He was at Brandy- 
wine, Germantown and Valley Forge. He was born in Accomac Coun- 
ty, Va. ; died in Delaware County, Ohio. 

23,828. Mrs. Emily Smith Nettleton, Sioux City, Iowa. Martha 
Washington Chapter, Iowa. Born in South Windsor, Conn., 1818; died 
May 14, 1909. Wife of Chandler Judd Nettleton. Daughter of Justus 
Reed, of Connecticut, and'Lydia (Tucker) Burnham, his third wife (m. 
1816). Justus Reed (1760-1846) served as a private and received a pen- 
sion in Torrington, where he died. He was born in East Windsor. Jus- 
tus served when only seventeen years old. Mrs. Nettleton was the only 
child of the third wife. Justus Reed was a private in Capt. Grant's 
C(imi)any, under Washington; served in the alarms in Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island and Connecticut ; was on guard duty in New York, and at 
Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. Mrs. Nettleton was married 
in 1840, in Waterbury, Conn. At the time of her death she resided with 
her son in Sioux City. 

23.901. Mrs. Hannah Newell Barrett, Boston, Mass. Boston Tea 
Party Chapter. Born in Lunenburg, Mass, May 13, 1800. Wife of 
Thomas Barrett. Daughter of Noah Harrod, of Massachusetts, and 
Eusebia Kendall, his wife. Noah Harrod (1764-1820) enlisted at sev- 
enteen in Capt. Jonathan Sibley's Company, Col. Luke Drurv's Regi- 
ment. He, Noah, was born in Boston ; died in Lunenburg. He en- 
listed at eighteen, in Capt. Webb's Company, Col. Shepard's Regiment; 
was at Valley Forge. He was a U. S. pensioner. Mrs. Barrett was 
married in 1820, the same year that her father died. She is a sister 
of Mrs. Louisa Harrod Barbour, National Number, 23,902. 

23.902. Mrs. Louisa Harrod Barbour, Boston, Mass. Boston Tea 
Party Chapter. Born in Shirley, Mass., 181 1 ; died 1906. Daughter of 
Noah Harrod and Eusebia Kendall, his wife. Mrs. Louisa (Lovisa) Har- 
rod Barbour was a sister of Mrs. Hannah Newell Barrett, National 
Number, 23,901. 

23,909. Mrs. Frances Hobart Soule, Hanover, Mass. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter. Born in Abington, Mass., 1807; died 1902. Wife 
of Abisha Soule. Daughter of Eljah Hobart and Mary Orcutt. his 
wife. Elijah Hobart (1763-1847) enlisted 1782, as a private in Capt. 
Daniel Fisher's Company, Col. Job Cushing's Regiment. He, Elijah, 
was born in Hingham ; died in Abington. 



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23'963. Mrs. Joanna White B. Fletcher, Worcester, Mass. Old 
South Chapter. Born in Sterling, Mass., November 12. 181 1; died May 
7, 1908 Wife of Otis Fletcher. Daughter of Gideon Beaman, of Mas- 
sachusetts, and Dolly Wilder, his wife (m. 1786). Gideon Beaman (1764- 
1833), ^lad his name placed on the pension roll of Worcester County, 
1832, for service of private in the Massachusetts State Troops. He 
was born in Sterling, where he died. He served from October 23, 1779, 
to April 20. 1780, when but fifteen years, in Capt. Ephraim Hartwell's 
Company, as guard at Rutland. He had three brothers who also served. 
Joanna was his youngest child. She married Otis Fletcher, in 1835, 
and always lived in or near Boston. She resided at Concord, Lan- 
caster and Charlestown, and from her windows in Charlestown, saw 
the Bunker Hill Monument finished. 

24.393- Mrs. Sarah Doran Terry, Philadelphia. Quaker City Chap- 
ter. Born in Pemberton. New Jersey, 1792: died in Philadelphia. 1900. 
Wife of David Terry. Daughter of Stacy Doran and Mary Maginnis, 
his first wife. Stacy Doran served as a private in the Burlington Coun- 
ty, New Jersey Militia. He was born in New Jersey; died in Philadel- 
phia, 1850. Mrs. Terry died in Philadelphia, January 14, 1901, at the 
age of 108. The Quaker City Chapter placed a granite tablet over 
her grave in Odd Fellows' Cemetery. On her one hundredth and eighth 
birthday, Mrs. Terry was taken for an automobile ride in Fairmount 
I'ark. In early life, Mrs. Terry went abroad as a governess. She re- 
sided for a time in Denmark, where she saw Frederick VI. She also 
saw Queen Victoria in London. At a reception, given at the rooms of 
the Acorn Club, Philadelphia, during the State Conference of Decem- 
ber, 1898, Mrs. Terry recited a poem in the style usual during her girl- 
hood. 

24.396. Mrs. Susanna B. Crossley, Kingston, R. I. Narragansett 
Chapter. Born in Wrentham. Mass., 1802. W'ife of John Crossley. 
Daughter of John Belcher and Susanna Hazeltine, his wife. John 
Belcher (1744- 1825) served as a private at the Lexington and Rhode 
Island alarms. He was born in Wrentham where he died. Mrs. Susanna 
Belcher Crossley died September 19, 1903, aged 100 years, 11 months, 
12 days. She had been a widow \wice. Her first husband was Aaron 
Guild: her second, John Crossley. Two of Mrs. Crossley 's brothers 
were graduates of Brown University. 

24,404. Mrs. Louisa C. Gaillard, Winnsboro, South Carolina. Co- 
lumbia Chapter. Born in Pineville, S. C. 1809. Wife of David Gail- 
lard (m. 1827). Daughter of Samuel Du Bose, of South Carolina, and 
Martha Walter, his wife. Samuel Du Bos€ (1758-1811) served as ad- 
jutant to General Francis Marion. He. Du Bose. was born in St. 
Stephen's Parish, where he died. Mrs. Gaillard was the youngest 
and only surviving child. Her father died during her infancy. On 
April 10, 1827, at Pineville. Charleston County, S. C.. she was married 
to David Gaillard, of St. John's, Berkeley. Her husband and herself 



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were both of Hug-uenot stock. Mr. ("laillard was a typical, old time 
planter. He died suddenly in 1855, leaving a widow and thirteen 
children. Mrs. Gaillard met every duty and responsil)ilitv bravelv. 
She has outlived all of her immedate family. 

24,417. Mrs. Elmira M. Hitchcock Hall, Rutland, Vermont. Ann 
Story Chapter. Born in Pittsford, Vt., 1821 ; died 1899. Wife of Wil- 
liam Elias Hall. Daughter of John Hitchcock and Lucy Ripley, his 
wife. John Hitchcock (1760-1836) had his name placed on the" pen- 
sion roll, 1831, for three years' actual service as a private in the Con- 
necticut Continental Line. He was born in Bolton, Conn.; died in 
Pittsford, Vt. ; served as a private in the Connecticut Militia in Rhode 
Island, 1778. He was born in Pomfret, Conn.; died in Sudbury, Vt. 
He served in Tyler's Brigade, under Gen. Sullivan, in Rhode Lsland. 
Mrs. Rogers came to Vermont with her family ; married Robert H. 
Rogers, in 1835, ^^'^'^ lived at Middlebury. Her husband died January, 
1884. Mrs. Rogers died October 24, 1903; aged ninety-five years and 
three months. 

24.472. Mrs. Nancy Ann Warren, Stamford, Conn. Stamford 
Chapter. Born in Southeast, New York, 1831 ; died 1906. Wife of 
Lsaac Warren, Daughter of Elisha GitTord and Polly Washburn, his 
second wife, (m. 1830). Elisha GiiTord (1749-1837) served several en- 
listments in the New York Militia. His widow received a pension. He 
was born in Norwich, Conn. ; died in Kent, N. Y. At the time of his 
second marriage, he w'as 82, and his wife 29. Mrs. Gifford was from 
Carmel, N. Y. Mrs. Nancy A. Warren had two brothers, "Real Sons," 
namely: Rev. Elisha Gifford. of Somerville, Mass., and Van Renssaeler 
Gifford, of Northville, Minn. The latter served in the Civil War, as did 
several other "Real Sons." 

24.473. Mrs. Emelia Adaline Watrous, East Hampton, Conn. 
Wadsworth Chapter. Born in East Hampton, 1805; died 1901. Wife 
of Minories Watrous. Daughter of David Clark, of Connecticut, and 
Eunice Griffith, his wife. David Clark had his name placed on the pen- 
sion roll of Middlesex, 1832, for service in the Connecticut Militia. He 
was born in East Hampton, where he died. He was known as David 
Clark, of Clark's Hill. His daughter, Mrs. Watrous, died August 13, 
1901. 

24,515. Mrs. Minerva Blake Howland, New Haven, Conn. Eliz- 
abeth Clarke Hull Chapter. Born in Derby, Conn., 1804; died 1900. 
Wife of William Howland. Daughter of Reuben Blake, of Connecti- 
cut, and Eunice Baldwin, his wife. Reuben Blake (1765-1831) had his 
name placed on the pension roll, of Fairfield County, 1818, for service 
of private in the Connecticut Line. He was born in Derby ; died in 
Bridgeport. 

24,520. Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, North Stonington, Conn. Fannv 
Ledyard Chapter. Born in Stonington, Conn,, 1812. Daughter of 
Isaac Wheeler, Jr., and Olive Burdick, his second wife. Isaac Wheeler, 



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Jr. (1768-1856) served as a tifer in the company with his father, Lieut. 
Isaac Wheeler. Miss Mary Ann Wheeler was a sister to Mrs. Nancy 
Lord Stanton, National Number, 6459. 

24,521. Mrs. Harriet H. Crissey, Southington. Conn. Hannah 
Woodruff Chapter. Born in Lisbon, Conn., 1810. Widow of Charles 
Crissey. Daughter of Asa Reed, and Jerusha Buddington, his wife. Asa 
Reed (1748-1815) served as a private in the New York Campaign. He 
was born in Lisbon, where he died. 

24,567. Mrs. Juliana Howe Ewell, Chicago, 111. Chicago Chapter. 
Born in Bridgewater, Mass., 1813; died September 9. 1901. Widow of 
Charles Henry Ewell. Daughter of Azar Howe and Ruth Cheeseman. 
his second wife (m. 1791). Azar How^e (1764-1842) had his name 
placed on the pension roll, 1818. for three years" actual service of pri- 
vate in the Massachusetts Line. He was born in Halifax ; died in Bridge- 
water. Mrs. Ewell left a son and grand-children. 

25,580. Miss Elizabeth Bush, Bloomington, Til. Letitia Greene 
Stevenson Chapter. Bxirn in Middle Smithfield, Pa., 1802; died 1899. 
Daughter of Henry Bush, of Pennsylvania, and Eve Elizabeth Hoff- 
man, his wife (b. 1762; m. 1779). Henry Bush (1754-1832) served as 
ensign, 1780, and was in the expedition against the Indians. He was 
born in Northampton County, Pa. ; died in Pike County. He enlisted 
from Easton, in Capt. John Arnott's Company, 1776. Taken prisoner 
at Long Island — escaped after five months' captivity; commissioned 
ensign, 1780, and served in the V'an Etten expedition against the In- 
dians. 

24,596. Mrs. Mary Jane (Iriffith Lansing. Ottawa. 111. Illini 
C hapter. Born in Worcester. New York. 1828. \\ ife of James Lans- 
ing. Daughter of William Griffith. Jr., and Mary Childs, his second 
wife. William Griffith, Jr., had his name placed on the pension roll 
of Otsego County, 1831, for service as private in the New York Militia. 
He was born 1762; died in Worcester, N. Y., 1838. At an entertain- 
ment, given by the Illini Chapter, 1899, Mrs. Lansing presided over the 
"New- England Kitchen." She w^ore the Colonial costume, and dem- 
onstrated the use of the spinning-wheel. William (iriffith, Jr., served 
as Ranger in Dutchess Company, N. Y., against Indians and Tories. 
Mary Jane w^as the youngest child of the second wife, and this little 
one's father was sixty-eight years old when she was born. She mar- 
ried James Lansing in Troy, 1848, and went to Illinois, 1855. Mrs. 
Lansing is a devoted member of the Baptist Church. 

24,810. Mrs. Susanna R. Kelsey. Caledonia, N. Y. Deo-on-go-wa 
Chapter. Born at Woodstock. Vt.. "^802. Wife of John T. Kelsey. 
Daughter of Lysander Richardson, M. D., and Lois Ransom, his wife. 
Lysander Richardson (1763-1813), served as waiter to his father, Capt. 
Israel Richardson, of Vermont. Lysander was born in New Salem. 
Mass.; died in Woodstock, Vt. Mrs. Kelsey died 1902; aged 100. 



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24,838. Mrs. Mary Warner Ilubbell, Syracuse. N. Y. Onondaga 
Chapter. Born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., 1802: died i8g8. Wife of 
Ferris Hubbell. Daughter of Charles Warner and Sarah Stockwell, 
his wife (m. 1789). Charles Warner (1762-1837) had his name placed, 
1835, on the pension roll of Onondaga County, N. Y., for service of 
private in the Connecticut Militia. He was born in Windham, Conn.; 
died in Salina, N. Y. He served, 1779. in Capt. Williams' Company, 
Col. Durkee's Regiment; later under Col. Wells. Ferris Hubbell and 
Mary Warner were married, 1832, in Syracuse — had six children. 

24,843. Mrs. Seville Higgins, Orleans, Massachusetts. Olean 
Chapter, N. Y. Born in Orleans, Mass., 181 1 ; died April 5, 1900. Wife 
of Capt. Lot Higgins. Daughter of Isaac Snow, of Massachusetts, and 
Hannah Freeman, his wife. Isaac Snow (1759-1855) had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Barnstable County, 1831, for service of 
private and seaman in the Massachusetts Militia and Navy. He was 
born in Eastham ; died in C^rleans, Mass. He enlisted when seventeen 
years old, and witnessed the evacuation of Boston by the British. 

24.926. Mrs. Hannah Hess, Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Chapter. 
Born in Peachbottom, Pa., 1818; died 1908. Wife of Amos Hess. 
Daughter of Dr. Zenas Macomber, of Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, 
(where he was born), and Hannah Huff (i 786-1831) his second wife 
(m. 1829). Zenas Macomber (1754-1831) enlisted, 1775. and served in 
the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, at White Plains, Trenton, Brandy- 
wine. Germantown and Monmouth. He was severely wounded at Tap- 
pan and Paoli ; and taken prisoner; when exchanged, rejoined his regi- 
ment. He died in York County, Penna., Peachbottom Township. Mrs. 
Hess, at the time of her death, had been a consistent member of the 
Ridge Avenue M. E. Church for more than forty years. Her sister, 
Mrs. Nancy Macomber Hawkins, National Number. 39,331, was also a 
member of Harrisburg Chapter. 

24.927. Mrs. Statira Christie, Williamsport, Pa. Lycoming Chap- 
ter. Born in Whitefield, Maine, 1809; died 1900. Wife of Thomas 
Christie. Daughter of William Nutt and Lucy Avery, his second wife 
(m. 1803). William Nutt (1762-1843) was a private. 1777, under Capt. 
John Orr, and was at Bennington. In 1781, he enlisted in the wagon 
service under Samuel Kimball, conductor of New Hampshire troops. 
lie was born in Deerfield, N. H. Mrs. Christie was also a member of 
the General Society Daughters of the Revolution. In that society, her 
number was 3027. 

24.928. Mrs. Margaret Campbell Craig, Salem Township, near New 
Alexandria. Westmoreland County. Pa. Phoebe Bayard Chapter. Greens- 
burg, Pa. Born in Salem Township, January 2, 1805: died January 
20, 1899. Wife of her cousin. Daughter of Lieut. Alexander Craig, of 
Pennsylvania, and Jane Clark, his wife. Alexander Craig (1755-1832) 
served in the commissary and was in the Battle of Princeton. He re- 
moved in 1769, from Cumberland to Westmoreland County, where he 



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died. He was the son of Samuel Craig- (1730-1777) one of the signers 
of the Westmoreland Declaration. Alexander Craig served in Col. 
John Proctor's Battalion. The Westmoreland County Battalion carried 
the famous "Rattlesnake Flag." now in the possession of the Phoebe 
Jiayard Chapter, 

25,123. Mrs. Lydia Couch, Manchester, Conn. Orford Parish 
Chapter. Born in Conn., 1810. Wife of David Couch. Daughter of 
Thomas Alexander, of Connecticut, and Mabel Dorchester, his wife. 
Thomas Alexander had his name placed on the pension roll of Hart- 
ford County, Conn., 1818, for service of private in the Massachusetts 
Line. He was born 1759. 

25,199. Mrs. Jane B. Newkirk. La Porte. Indiana. Member-at- 
large. Born in Madeira Island, ^1810, living 191 1. Wife of Benoni M. 
Newkirk. Daughter of James Leander Cathcart, of the United States 
Navy, and Jane Bancker, his wife. James Leander Cathcart (1767-1843) 
served on board "The Confederacy," Capt. Seth Harding, until it was 
captured, and Cathcart was a prisoner many years. His name was 
j)laced on the pension roll of the District of Columbia, 1831, for ser- 
vice of midshipman in the C S. Navy. He was born in Dublin ; died 
in Washington, D. C. He was a prisoner on a British prisonship ; es- 
caping, he was captured by an Algerian pirate and for years was a 
slave to the Dey of Algiers. Afterwards he was consul of the United 
States at one of the Mediterranean ports. Mrs. Newkirk has edited 
her father's papers, and presented them to the library of the National 
Society, D. A. R. She has published her father's diary: it is entitled, 
"'JVenty Years a Captive." 

25,253. Mrs. Sylvia Hall Hussey, Canaan, Maine. Eunice Farns- 
worth Chapter, Skowegan. Born in Waterville, Maine, 1805; died 1900. 
Wife of Nathan Hussey. Daughter of Jabez Hall, of Massachusetts, 
and Tryphena W'ilbur, his wife. Jabez Hall (1766-1839) enlisted at six- 
teen, in Capt. Thaddeus Marshall's Company, Tupper's Regiment of 
Massachusetts Militia. He v^as born in Halifax, Mass; died in Canaan, 
Maine.. He was honorably discharged at West Point. 1781 ; received a 
pension, which was continued to his widow until her death, in 1857. 
Sylvia Hall was married to Nathan Hussey, 1823. They lived in W^at- 
erville for ten years, afterwards removing to a farm in Canaan, where 
Mrs. Hussev spent the remaining sixty-live years of her life. Mr. Hussey 
died 1875. 

25,254. Mrs. Caroline Farrand Hight. Norridgewock. Maine. 
Eunice Farnsworth Chapter. Born in Industry, Maine, 1800. Wife of 
Hanson Hight. Daughter of William Farrand, of Vermont, and Jael 
Manchester, his wife. William Farrand (1759-1854) had his name placed 
on the pension roll of Somerset County, Maine, 1831 ; for one year's ac- 
tual service in the Vermont Militia. He was born in Montpelier, Vt. ; 
died in Starke. Maine. He enlisted at Bennington. Vt.. and served one 
year in Col. Warner's Regiment of the Vermont Line. William Far- 



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rand was one of the "Green Mountain Boys." His daughter, Caroline, 
was married in 1822, to Hanson Hight; lived the rest of her life in Nor- 
ridgewock, Maine. Her husband died in 1874, aged 76. Mrs. Hight 
was long a member of the Congregational Church. She celebrated her 
99th, her looth and her loist birthdays by gatherings of her relatives 
and friends. 

25»255- Mrs. Jerusha Caroline Dean Merrill, Solon. Maine. Eunice 
Farnsworth Chapter. Born in Blanchard, Maine, 1830; died 1901. Wife 
of Stephen Merrill. Daughter uf Ebenezer Dean, of Maine, and Jane 
Green, his wife. Ebenezer Dean (1758-1857) enlisted as a drummer 
and received a pension for his service. He was born in Wiscassett ; 
died in Madison, Maine. His pension was continued to his widow until 
her death, in 1873. Mrs. Merrill was the youngest daughter of Ebene- 
zer Dean, She was married in 1855, to Stephen Merrill. She was one 
of the first members of the Congregational Church at Solon, and at the 
time of her death, the oldest member. She was always active in church 
work and missions; also, in the "Grange." Mrs. Merrill died Novem- 
ber 23, 1901, in the same house to which she came as a bride. 

25,256. Mrs. Rebecca Dean Hunniwill, Solon, Maine. Eunice 
Farnsworth Chapter. Born in Abbott, Maine, 1815; died 1898. Wife 
of Daniel Hunniwill. Daughter of Ebenezer Dean, and Jane Green, his 
wife. Mrs. Rebecca Dean Hunniwill was a sister of Mrs. Jerusha Caro- 
line Dean Merrill, Niational Number, 25,255. Mrs. Hunniwill was mar- 
ried in 1840, and had six children. Her husband went to California with 
the "Pioneers'" and died there. Mrs. Hunniwill determined to bring up 
her family properly. She moved to Augusta, and wLs housekeeper in 
the Augusta House for nine years, after which, she bought a farm in 
Madison, which she carried on for twenty years. One of her sons died 
in the Civil War. The last five years of her life she spent at the home 
of her son, Asa, in Solon. She was a member of the Congregational 
Church in that town. Mrs. Hunniwill died October 27, 1898. 

25.258. Mrs. Mercy Lewis Brann, Bangor, Maine. Frances Digh- 
ton Williams Chapter. Born in China, Maine, 1808. Wife of Nathan- 
iel Brann. Daughter of Asa Sturtevant and Eunice Morse, his wife. Asa 
Sturtevant (1760-1839) served as a fifer in the Massachusetts Militia. 
He was born in Halifax, Mass.; died in Paris, Maine. He served in 
Capt. Joshua Benson's Company 1778. 

25.259. Mrs. Frances Cone Donnell, Alna, Maine. Frances Digh- 
ton W^illiams Chapter. Born in Columbia, New Hampshire, 1822. Wife 
of Benjamin Woodbridge Donnell. Daughter of Jared Cone, Jr., and 
Caroline Webb, his second wife. Jared Cone, Jr. (1760-1842) enlisted 
1 781, and served as a private in the Continental Line until the Surrender 
of Yorktown. He received a pension. He was born in Bolton, Conn. : 
died in Columbia, N. H. He enlisfed at fifteen, from Windham, Conn. 
Frances was the youngest daughter of a second wife. Caroline Webb, 
who was a member of the same familv as Mrs. Lucv Webb Haves, wife 



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of Prer.ident Hayes. P'rances was sent to live with a married brother. 
a clergyman, in Maine, who attended to her education. She became a 
teacher. In February, 1849, she was married to Mr. Donnell. and went 
to live on a farm where they have ever since resided. 

25,301. Mrs. Catherine Sargeant, Boston. Mass. Sarah Bradlee 
Fulton Chapter. Born in Alna. Maine, 1810. Wife of Henry W. Sar- 
geant (m. 1836). Daughter of Thomas Fairservice, and Sarah Tucker- 
man, his wife. Thomas Fairservice (1761-1849) volunteered at the age 
of sixteen in Boston, and acted as guard after the Surrender of Bur- 
goyne. He was born in Boston. Mass.; died in Alna, Maine. Mrs. 
Sargeant died at Sheepscot, Maine. December 20. 1908. Some years 
before her death, she desired to make a contribution to Memorial Con- 
tinental Hall, Washington, D. C. This she did. using money which she 
earned herself by making rugs and patchwork quilts. Mrs. Sargeant, 
also by untiring efforts,, raised the money to present a flag and stafif 
to her native village. Alna, Maine, and was present at the flag-raising. 
July 4, 1899. Thomas Fairservice was stationed at Fort Hill. Boston, 
and relieved the guard. In 1788. with an older brother, he went to Maine 
and became a farmer, trader and ship-builder. Held several ofifices : was 
an early Methodist. In 1843, ^^ was one of 101 Revolutionary veter- 
ans who rode in carriages in the procession, at the dedication of the 
Bunker Hill Monument. 

25.398. Mrs. Anna Taeger Aloyer, Mohawk. New York. General 
Nicholas Herkimer Chapter. Born in Herkimer County. N. Y., 181 2. 
Wife of Henry Moyer. Daughter of John Taeger and Jacobina Catarina 
Miller, his wife. John Taeger (1751-1830) served. 1778. in Capt. Carl 
Martel's Company in the Light Dragoons. Armand's Corps. 

25,460. Miss Janette Blair. Madison, New York. James Madison 
Chapter. Born in Madison. N. Y.. 1814; living iQii. Daughter of 
Seth Blair and Hannah Collister. his wife. Seth Blair (1760-1852) had 
his name placed on the pension roll of Madison County. N. Y.. 1831. for 
j^ervice of private in the Massachusetts Militia. He was born in West- 
ern Massachusetts: died in Madison, N. Y. Western is in Worcester 
County. He went to Dorchester, September t. 1776; enlisted in Col. 
Dick's Regiment, 1777-8, for Rhode Island. Miss Janette Blair is the 
youngest of eleven children. 

25,531. Mrs. Sarah Markle Burget, Burgetstown, Pa. Pittsburgh 
Chapter. Born in Jefiferson County, Ohio, 1819: died 1898. \Vife of 
Barton Grim Burget. Daughter of Abram Markle. of Pennsylvania, and 
Rachel Blackburn, his wife. Abram Markle (1762-1841) served in the 
Pennsylvania Militia. His family were long identified with the finan- 
cial and political affairs of Western Pennsylvania. Their home was the 
post of refuge to which the settlers , fled for succor and safety when the 
country was harassed by the Indians. He was born in Westmoreland 
County. Pa. : died in Jefferson County, Ohio. 



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25»637- ^Irs. Susan A. \V. Ostrander, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council 
Blufifs Chapter. Born in Kingsville, Ohio, 1817; living 191 1. Wife of 
James H. Ostrander. Daughter of David Wood, of Connecticut, and 
Rebecca King (d. 1829), his wife (m. 1816). David Wood (1759-1835) 
had his name placed on the pension roll of Bennington County, Vt.. for 
service of private in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in 
Hartford, Conn. : died in Kingsville, Ohio. He served under Capt. John 
Wyllis, of Hartford, 1777-80. Endured the hardships of Valley Forge. 
Susan Antoinette Wood was married to James H. Ostrander, 1834, and 
moved to Iowa. She lives with a son at Glenwood, about twenty miles 
from Council Bluffs. Mrs. Ostrander is a well-educated woman, hav- 
ing attended district and private schools up to the time of her mar- 
riage. 

25,638. Mrs. Marion Thatcher Holley, Pontiac, Mich. Louisa St. 
Clair Chapter. Born in Manchester, Vt.,. 1823: living 191 1. Wife 
of John P. Holley. Daughter of Asa Thatcher and Sally Curtis, his third 
wife. Asa Thatcher (1754-1833) had his name placed on the pension 
roll of Bennington County. Vt., for service of private in the Connecticut 
Continental Line. He was born in Lebanon, Conn.; died in Winhall, 
Vermont. Marion Thatcher was married to John Presbury Holley, in 
Bennington, Vt., April 16, 1843. Mr. Holley died in Pontiac, Michigan, 
1892. Mrs. Holley has lived in Pontiac for 53 years, and has been a 
member of the Congregational Church during that time, and a Sunday 
School teacher for 48 years. 

25,666. Mrs. Laura Markham Skinner, East Hampton, Conn. 
Wadsworth Chapter. Born in Chatha, Conn., 1813: died 1902. Wife 
of . Daughter of John Markham, 

of Connecticut, and Anna Estabrook Miles, his second wife. John Mark- 
ham (1757-1852) enlisted in the first call for troops. He had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Middlesex County. 1831. for service of pri- 
vate in the Connecticut Continental Line. Mrs. Skinner, his daughter, 
died March 6. 1902. She was a devoted temperance and church worker. 

25,717. Mrs. Abigail Pratt Carter. West Deerfield, Mass. Dorothv 
Quincey Hancock Chapter. Born in Buckland. Mass., 1804. Wife 
of Chandler Carter. Daughter of Jesse Pratt, of Massachusett"^, and Mary 
Rhodes, his wife. Jesse Pratt (1761-1841) had his name placed on the 
pension roll of Franklin County, 183 1, for service of private in the Mas- 
sachusetts Militia. He was born in Foxborough ; died in Buckland. 
Mass. 

25.736. Mrs. Sarah Hicks Brownell. Adamsville, Rhode Island. 
Ouequechan Chapter. Born in Westport. Mass.. 1818. Wife of Ephraim 
W. Brownell. Daughter of Barney Hicks and Sara Cook, his wife (m. 
1796). Barney Hicks (1754-1842) enlisted, 1776, as a private in Capt. 
Christopher Manchester's Company. Hicks subsequently served in 
the Navy. He was born in Westport. Mass., where he died. During 
his career as a privateer, he was shipwrecked on the New Jersey Coast; 



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also captured and imprisoned by the British. He married, 1796, Sarah 
Cook (1776-1836), and had twelve children, our "Real Daughter" being 
the eleventh. She hnished her edircation in the Fairhaven High School, 
and became a teacher at seventeen, and taught until her marriage. She 
had several children, some of whom are living. 

25,748. Mrs. Marilla Hill Sherman, Fremont, Michigan. Sophie 
de Marsac Campau Chapter. Born in Charlotte, Vermont, 1807; died 
in 1898. Widow of W elcome Sherman. Daughter of Zimri Plill and 
Malinga 1 'aimer, his second wife. Zimri Hill (1762- 1844) .was a \"ermont 
Militia man, 1783, in the company that went over the mountains to as- 
sist the sheriff. He died in Portland, N. Y. 

25,770. Mrs. Martha W. P. Mason, Wolfboro, New Hampshire. 
Molly Reid Chapter. Born in Tuftonborough, N, H., 1812; died 1899. 
Wife of . Daughter of John Piper, of 

New Hampshire, and Anna Young, his second wife. John Piper (1760- 
1830) had his name placed on the pensi(Hi roll of StalTord County, for 
service of private in the New Hampshire Continental Line. He was 
born in Wolfborough, N. H. ; died in Tuftonborough. Mrs. Martha W. 
P. Mason was a sister of Mrs. Emily Piper Allen, National Number, 
21,641. 

25,771- Mrs. Sarah H. P. Hersey, Wolfboro, N. H. Molly Reid 
Chapter Born in Tuftonborough, N. H., 1813; died 1900. Daughter 
of John Piper, of New Hampshire, and Anna Y'oung, his second wife. 
Airs. Sarah H. P. Hersey was a sister of Mrs. Martha W, P. Mason, 
National Number, 25,770, and of Mrs. Emily Piper Allen, National 
Number, 21,641. 

25.787. Mrs. Phebe Doty Hedges, New Providence, New Jersey; 
P. O. address. Summit, N. J. Nova Caesarea Chapter. Born in New 
Providence, N. J., 1798; died 1900. Wife of Edward Hedges. Daughter 
of James Doty, of New Jersey, and Nancy Lorey, his wife (m. 1788). 
James Doty (1757-1847) served as a "Minute Man" in the New Jersey 
Militia. He was born in New Providence, N. J., where he died. 

25,854. Mrs. Mary Caroline Hargin, Syracuse, New York. Onon- 
daga Chapter. Born at Onondago Hills, N. Y., 1812. Wife of Charles 
B. H'argin. Daughter of Gen. John Ellis and Submit Olds, his wife (m. 
1793). John Ellis (1763-1820) was a patriot of two wars. He was born 
in Hebron, Conn. ; died in Syracuse, N. Y. He enlisted at the age of 
hfteen, and served through the war. After his marriage, he came to 
Central New York. In 1812, he was Major General of the New York 
State Militia. Mrs. Hargin was one of nine children. She w^as educated 
at "The Hive," a famous Quaker school, at Skaneateles, N. Y., con- 
ducted by Lydia Mott. In 183 1, Miss Ellis married Charles B. Hargin. 
and went to Chicago; later to Minneapolis and St. Paul, where a son 
resided; and in later years returned to Syracuse. 

25,901. Mrs. Anne Morehead Hobson, Jerusalem, Davie County, 
North Carolina. Columbia Chapter, S. C. Born in Rockingham County, 



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N. C, 1811. Wife of S. A. Hobson. Daughter of John Morehead and 
Obedience Morehead, his wife. John Morehead (1760- 1832) was a 
private soldier in the "X^irginia Contingent."' and served at King's Moun- 
tain, Cowpens and Guilford Court House. He was born in Richmond 
County, and died in Rockingham County, N. C. Mrs. Hobson is the 
grandmother of Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, of "Merrimac" fame. 
She was married, 1831, to Samuel Augustus Hobson, and lived happily 
with him until his death, in 1862. Of late years, Mrs. Hobson has 
been totally blind. She still lives at the old homestead, "Wildwood." 

25,936.-^ I\Irs. Phebe Palmer Ray, Scotland, Conn. Anne Brewster 
T^anning Chapter. Born in Voluntown, Conn., 1825. Wife of Henry 
C. Ray. Daughter of Benjamin Palmer, of Connecticut, and Hannah 
Woodworth, his wife. Benjamin P^almer (1757-1849) served in the Con- 
necticut Militia, 1778, and drew a pension from Voluntown, where he 
was born and died. Mrs. Phebe Palmer Ray is a sister of Mrs. Eunice 
Palmer Davis, National Number. 19,644. In 1896, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
C. Ray celebrated their golden wedding. 

25,985. Mrs. Eliza Wheeler Bailey, Millbank, South Dakota. Sarah 
Riggs Humphreys Chapter, Conn. Born in Coleraine, Mass., 1815; died 
1899. Wife of Willard Bailey. Daughter of Hezekiah Wheeler and 
Meribah Bishop, his wife. Hezekiah Wheeler (1762-1833) had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Franklin County. Mass.. for five years' 
actual service as a private in the Connecticut Line. He was born in 
Stafford Springs, Conn. ; died in Rowe, Mass. 

26,016. Mrs. Lucretia Helen Regnier, Galesburg, 111. Mildred 
Warner Washington Chapter, 111. Born in vSalem, Ohio, 1824; living 
191 1. Wife of John B. Regnier. Daughter of David Reed, Jr., and 
Nancy Philips, his wife. David Reed, Jr. (1767- 1858) served in the 
Penobscot Expedition. He was born in Topsham. Maine : died in Pom- 
t'roy, Ohio. He enlisted under his father; afterwards went to sea. He 
married Nancy Phipps near Bangor. Maine. Engaged in the lumber 
business, but was burnt out. Went to Ohio, in 1818, with nine children. 
Mrs. Regnier was the youngest of thirteen, and was born August 29, 
1824. 

26,045. ^li's. Margaret Kenney Johnson. Flemingsburg. Kentucky. 
Jemima Johnson Chapter, Ky. Born in Bourbon County, Ky., 1813; liv- 
ing T911. Widow of Isaac Johnson. Daughter of James Kenney and 
Margaret Johnson, his second wife. James Kenney served as a private 
in the Virginia Militia. He was a pioneer of Kentucky, and died 1814. 
in Bourbon County. He enlisted at sixteen, in Capt. Joseph Crockett's 
Compau}' (1778), in Lieut. Col. Holt Richeson's Seventh Virginia Regi- 
ment ; was taken prisoner at Germantown. Settled at Stoner Creek, Ky. 
Margaret was the youngest child of the second wife ; was born Decem- 
ber 14, T813, and was only three months old when her father died. In 
1839, she married her cousin. Isaac Johnson ; had eight children. 



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26,069. Mrs. Hannah Danforth Carpenter, Norton, Mass. Lydia 
Cobb Chapter. Born in Norton, Mass., March, 1800; died November, 
1900. Widow of Daniel Carpenter. Daughter of Thomas Danforth, of 
Massachusetts, and Betsey Haskins, his second wife. Thomas Danforth 
(1762-1845) served as fife major, 1781. His name was placed on the 
pension roll, 1828. He was born in 'i'aunton, Mass., where he died. 

26,202* Mrs. Caroline Reed Stone, Pine Island, Minnesota. Olean 
Chapter, N, Y. Born in Portville, N. Y., 1823, living 191 1. Wife of 
Eli Stone. Daughter of Ebenezer Reed, of New York, and Polly Dick- 
inson, his second wife. Ebenezer Reed (1760-1845) had his name placed 
on the pension roll of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., for two years' actual 
service in the Connecticut Militia. His father was a Tory, and he ran 
away at the age of sixteen, and enlisted at Stamford, Conn., under Capt. 
Bell and Col. Silliman. Mr. Reed was a pensioner, in 1832. He was one 
of the earliest settlers at Olean, N. Y., then considered the "Far West." 
He married his second wife, Polly Dickinson in 1820; had two children, 
Caroline and Edward. Mr. Reed died at Olean. His daughter, Car- 
oline, in 1855, niarried Eli Stone, and went to Minnesota; then returned 
to New York State. Later moved to Pine Island, Michigan. In re- 
cent years, went to South Park, near Seattle, Washington. Mr. and 
Mrs. Stone are still living, and reside with a daughter. Mrs. Stone is 
a member of Olean Chapter. 

26,302. Miss Hannah Spaulding, Lincoln, Rhode Island, Pawtuc- 
ket Chapter. Born in vSmithfield, R. I.; died January 6, 1901. Daugh- 
ter of Nathaniel Spaulding (born July 15, 1752; died July 16, 1838), 
and Thankful Whipple, his second wife. Nathaniel Spaulding served 
as a private in the Cumberland County, R. I. Rangers. He died in 
Smithfield, R. I. Miss Spaulding was for many years a teacher. 

26,545. Mrs. Tabitha J. Wright Wilson, Camden, Preble County, 
Ohio. Louisa St. Clair Chapter. Born in Butler County, Ohio, 1830; 
died 1899. W^ife of James Wilson. Daughter of William Wright, of 
Pennsylvania, and Rhoda Wharton, his second wife. William Wright 
(1762-1841) had his name placed on the pension roll of Ohio, 1831, for 
service as private in the Pennsylvania Line. He died in Butler County, 
Ohio. Mrs. Tabitha J. Wright Wilson was a half-sister of Mrs. Mar- 
garet Wright Brown, of Topeka, Kansas : National Number. 21,492. Mrs. 
Brown was the daughter of William Wright, and his first wife, Mar- 
garet Phillips. 

26,581- Mrs. Laura Fitts Sparhawk, Bethels, \"ermont. Ascutney 
Chapter. Born in Leicester, Vt.. 1805; died 1899. Wife of Samuel 
Sparhawk. Daughter of Israel Fitts and Sarah Cook, his Avife. Israel 
Fitts served as a private, 1778, in the Connecticut Militia. 

26,786. Mrs. Lucy Fellows Sibley, State Center, Iowa. Abigail 
Adams Chapter, Iowa. Born in W^ilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania, ; 

died 1900. Wife of Charles W. Sibley- Daughter of Abiel Fellows, 
and Dorcas Hopkins, his third wife. Abiel Fellows (1764-1833) had his 



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name placed on the pension roll of Kalamazoo, 1831, for service of pri- 
vate in the Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in Canaan, Con- 
necticut; died in Michigan, at Prairie Ronde. Mrs. Lucy Fellows Sibley 
was a sister of Mrs. Sarah Fellows Huyck, of Little Prairie Ronde, Mich., 
National Number 19,293. 

26,805. Mrs. Catherine Mower Roadman, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Cedar 
Falls Chapter. Born in Danube, New York, 1820; died 1900. Wife of 

. Daughter of Peter Mower and 
Magdalene Fetterly, his wife. Peter Mower (1765- 1852) received a pen- 
sion for two years' actual service of private in the New York Line. He 
was born in Montgomery County ; died in Oneida County, N. Y. His 
brothers, Conrad, Barnabus and George also served in the war. Mrs. 
Catherine Mower Roadman was a sister of Mrs. Mary Mower Baldwin, 
of Camden, New Y'ork, National Number, 17,681. Mrs. Roadman died 
at Cedar Falls, Iowa, March 10, 1900; aged eighty years and eighteen 
days. 

26,829. Mrs. Helen Stone Rogers, Somerville, Mass. Bunker Hill 
Chapter. Born in Dublin, New Hampshire; living 191 1. Wife of Fred 
Rogers. Daughter of John Stone and Rebecca Cooledge Wood, his 
second wife. John Stone (1765-1849) enlisted at fifteen in Capt. Benja- 
min Spaulding's Company, of New Hampshire Militia. He was born 
in Spencer, Mass.; died in Dublin, N. H. Mrs.. Helen Stone Rogers is 
a tirst cousin of Mrs. Julia R. Towne, Evanston, 111. National Number, 
20,903. Mrs. Towne's father Shubael Stone, was a brother of Mrs. Rog- 
ers' father, John Stone, and these were sons of Eliphalet Stone, and 
Lydia Goddard, his wife. 

26,930. Mrs. Sarah Fletcher Whitcomb, Red Oak, Iowa. Deborah 
Avery Chapter. Nebraska. Born in Hadley, Canada, 1814; died 1901. 
Wife of Elias Whitcomb. Daughter of Isaac Fletcher and Ruth Pierce, 
his wife. Isaac Fletcher ( 1763-1837) at the age of seventeen, took the 
place of his brother, Levi, who was ill. Isaac was wounded in service, 
and honorably discharged, 1782. He was born in Westford, Mass.; died 
in TazewelKCounty, 111. 

26,933^ Mrs. Martha Ann Eaton, Fairbury, Nebraska. Deborah 
Avery Chapter, Neb. Born in Livermore, Maine, 1825; living 1911. 
Daughter of Samuel Sawin and Sarah Webb (1783-1860), his wife. 
Samuel Sawin (1762-1849) was a private in Capt. John W^alton's Com- 
pany, 1778. He, Samuel, served several enlistments under different 
commands. He was born in Watertown ; died in Cambridge, Mass. 
Mrs. Martha Ann Eaton is a sister of Mrs. Susan W' . Sawin Nash, Brook- 
line, Mass., National Number, 14,127. Mrs. Eaton now resides at Black- 
well, Oklahoma. 

26,950. Mrs. Hannah Somers Davis, Absecon, New Jersey, and 
Philadelphia, Pa. General Lafayette Chapter. Atlantic City, New Jer- 
sey. Born at Somers Point, N, J., 1795; died 1899. Widow of Elijah 
Davis. Daughter of James Somers, of New Jersey, and Letitia Finbey, 



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his first wife. James Soniers was a private in the Gloucester County 
Alilitia. He was born, 1760, at Somers Point; died there, 1850. Mrs. 
Davis was a relative of the heroic Lieut. Richard Somers who lost his 
life in the war with Tripoli. There is a tablet to his memory in the 
Military Academy, at Annapolis, Md. : and another tablet at Somers 
Point, N. J. The U. S. Government has a boat named in his honor, ^he 
"Somers."' 

26,963. Mrs. Elizabeth Weed Street, Albany. New York. Ganse- 
voort Chapter. Born in Albany, N. Y., 1814. Widow of Alfred B. 
vStreet. Daughter of Smith Weed and Sarah Fitch, his second wife. 
Smith W^eed (1755-1839) volunteered in Tryon's invasion, and was at 
the Battle of Danbury, where he was wounded. He also served in the 
commissary. He was born in Stamford, Conn.; died in Albany, N. Y. 
There were twenty-three soldiers named Weed from Stamford. Smith 
W^eed was commissary in General Waterbury's State Brigade. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Weed Street was the widow of the poet Alfred B. Street 
(1811-1871), author of "The Gray Forest-Eagle," "Forest Scenes," "The 
Lost Hunter." "Frontenac," "The Settler," etc. Mrs. Street died April 
22, 1905. aged 91. 

26,978. Mrs. Mary Rolland Whitbcck. Hudson, New York. Hen- 
drick Hudson Chapter. Born in Champlain, N. Y., 1812. W^idow of 
John Whitbeck. Daughter of Caleb Thomas, of New York, and Lucy 
Rolland, his wife. Caleb Thonias (1764-1825) served as a private under 
his brother-in-law, Gershom Truesdell. in the Albany County Militia. 
He was born in Chatham ; died in Kinderhook. N. Y. Mrs. Whitbeck 
died November 19, 1906. 

27,058, Mrs. Mary Eells Miller, Elyria, Ohio. Western Reserve 
Chapter. Born in New Hartford, New York. Daughter of Daniel Eells, 
and Martha Hamlin, his wife (1761-1834). Daniel Eells. (1757-1851) 
served several enlistments as a private in the Connecticut Militia. He 
was taken prisoner and not exchanged for a year. He was born in Mid- 
dletc^wn. Conn. ; and died in New Hartford. .\\ Y. He had served at 
the Siege of Boston, and in the Battle of Long Lsland. He died in Oneida 
County. 

21,121. Mrs. Judith Short Van l^oorn. Providence, Rhode Lsland. 
Pawtucket Chapter. Born in Barrington. R. L. 1819. Widow of Henry 
Van Doom. Daughter of Samuel Short and Eleanor Chace, his wife. 
Samuel Short (1755-1836) served as private in Capt. Thomas Allen's 
Company, Col. Archibald Crary"s Regiment. Samuel Short's name was 
placed on the pension roll, 1831. of Bristol County, for service of pri- 
vate in the Rhode Island Continental Line. He was born in Barrington. 
R. L, where he died. Samuel Short was among those who crossed the 
Delaware with Washington. Mrs. Van Doom kept the drum which her 
father carried on that occasion. 

27,127. Mrs. Sallie W^allace. Chester. South Carolina. Mary Adair 
Chapter, South Carolina. Born in Chester Co., S. C, 1803. Wife of 



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William AVallace. Daughter of Capt. Hugh Knox, of South Carolina, 
and Jane Nesbitt (d. 1843). his wife (m. 1790). The name of Hugh Knox 
was placed on the pension roll, 1818, for eight months' actual service 
as private, and sixteen months as captain. He was at the Battle of 
Rocky Mount, and was wounded at Hanging Rock. He was born in 
Chester District, South Carolina, where, in 1821, he died. His pension 
certificate was endorsed by John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of State. 

27,170. Mrs. Esther Pamelia Blood, Mukwonaga, Wisconsin. Mil- 
waukee Chapter. Born in Chester. Vermont, 1814: died 1900. Wife of 
Tra Blood. Daughter of Josiah Jordan and Esther Caryl, his wife. 
Josiah Jordan (1760-1840) had his name placed on the pension roll of 
\'ermont, 1832, for six years' actual service as private in the Massa- 
chusetts troops. He was l^orn in Stoughton, Mass. ; died in Chester. Yt. 

27,203. Mrs. Julia Briscoe Crofut, Aletiuien, Mass. Samuel Adams 
Chapter. Born in Newtown, Connecticut, 1812: died 1901. Wife of 
Nathan B. Crofut. Daughter of Nathaniel Brisc(je, of Connecticut, and 
Olive Prindle, his wife. Nathaniel Briscoe (1764-1848) enlisted at 
fifteen as a fifer, and survived to receive a pension. He was born in 
Newtown. Conn., where he died. He had served in Capt. Elijah Bots- 
ford's company. 

27,246. Mrs. Mary Ann Burr, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Cedar Falls Chap- 
ter. Born in Swansey, Massachusetts, 1807; died 1904. Wife of Thomas 
J. Burr. Daughter of Theophilus Luther, of Rhode Island, and Zilpha 
Sherman, his wife (m. 1785). Theophilus Luther (1760- 1847) had his 
name placed on the pension roll, 1832, for six months' actual service 
in the Rhode Island trooj^s. He was born in Swansey. R. I. : died in 
Wyoniing County. N. Y. 

27,276. Mrs. Eliza Knight Beane. Norton, Mass. Lydia Cobb 
Chapter. Born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, 1813: died June 25, 
1899. Widow of the Rev. Samuel Beane. Daughter of William Knight, 
of Massachusetts, and Lydia Cleverly, his wife. William Knight (1761- 
1820) enlisted as a private and served six years. He was born in Stone- 
ham, Mass. Enlisted from Hubbardstown. Mrs. Eliza Knight Beane 
was a. pioneer educator. She was principal of Wheaton Seminary, sixty 
years earlier ,. than the time of her death. June 25, 1899. This famous 
institution was one of the first founded for the higher education of 
women. 

27,338. Miss Jane E. Russell, Batavia. New York. Deo-on-go-wa 
Chapter. Born in Stafford, Conn., 1806; died 1901. Daughter of Isaac 
Russell and Mary Green, his wife. Isaac Russell (1758-1836) was 
placed on the pension roll of New York, 1834. for service as private in 
the Massachusetts Line. His widow also received a pension. He died 
in Batavia, N. Y. 

27,650. Mrs. Mary J. T. Bennett. East Pepperill. Mass. Prudence 
Wright Chapter. Born in Groton, Mass., 1825: died 1900. Wife of 
Isaac Bennett. Daughter of William Tarbell, of Massachusetts, and 



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Susan Blood, his wife. William Tarbell ( 1764-1851 ) had his name placed 
on the pension roll of Middlesex County, 1818, for service of private 
in the Massachusetts Line. He was an amateur artist, and his sketch of 
the encampment of the army on the Hudson while waiting for the sign- 
ing of the Treaty of Peace is now a precious relic in the family. This 
sketch has been reproduced, and the reproduction is at Washington's 
Headquarters at Newburgh, N. Y. He was born in Groton, where he 
died. He was commissioned to draw plans and sketches of battlefields 
for the commander-in-chief. Mary J. ']"arbell was married to Isaac Ben- 
nett, of Pepperill, 1845. and began housekeeping in her husband's family 
homestead, where she resided continuously up till the time of her death. 
Her father, William l'arl)ell, also acted for a time as private secretary 
to W^ashington. 

27,715. Mrs. Emily Thatcher Barr, Manchester, New Hampshire. 
Molly Reid Chapter. Born in I^lainfield, N. H., ; 

died 1899. Wife of John Barr. Daughter of Benjamin Thatcher and 
Sybel Foster, his wife. Benjamin Thatcher (1764-1835) had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Windsor, Vt., for service of private in the 
Connecticut Militia. He was born in Lebanon, Conn.; died in Hart- 
land, Vt. 

27>793. Mrs. Lavina Sweeting Burnett. Troy, New York. Philip 
Schuyler Chapter. Born in Paris Furnace, N. Y., 1812; died 1902. \\'idow 
of Capt. Charles Burnett. Daughter of Eliphalet Sweeting and Lavina 
Benton, his wife. Eliphalet Sweeting (1756-1828) served as a "Minute 
Man" in the Lexington and Rhode Island alarms, in the Massachusetts 
Militia. He was born in Norton, Mass.; died in Oneida Co., N. Y. He 
had brothers, Lewis and Nathaniel, and all three were sons of Dr. Lewis 
Sweeting, a patriot (1723-1804). The Sweeting family gave the name 
to the Sweeting variety of apple. Her father was (^ne of the earliest set- 
tlers in Oneida County, and the pioneer in furnace building. Lavina 
married Capt. Charles Burnett, of the Lake Erie steamers. 

27,820, Mrs. Martha Ter B. Manwaring, New York City. Mcm- 
ber-at-large. Born in Marlborough, N. Y., ; died 1899. 

Wife of John Manwaring. Daughter of Flenry Ter Boss of New York, 
and Martha Bower, his wife. Henry Ter Boss (born 1747) ran away 
and at the age of sixteen enlisted as a private with the Leister County 
troops. 

27,844. Mrs. Susan Murphy Truby, Painesville, Ohio. New Con- 
necticut Chapter, Ohio. Born in Buffalo, Pa.. 1810. Wife of William 
Truby. Daughter of Samuel Murphy and Elizabeth Powers, his wife. 
Samuel Murphy (1758-1851) when seventeen enlisted as a soldier and 
served through the war. He was wounded in George Rogers Clark's 
expedition ; captured by the Indians and sold to the British, but made 
his escape, 1782. He was born in Frederick Co., Va. ; died in Arm- 
strong Co., Pa. Susan Muri^hy was married, 1833, to William Truby, 
a grandson of Col. Christopher Truliy, of the Revolution. Her sister, 



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Miss Margaret Murphy, National Number, 28,234, lived at South Buf- 
falo Township, Armstrong Co., Pa., until her death, in 1899 (aged 98), 
The Murphy family endured all the hardships of pioneer life in Western 
I'ennsylvania. At one time they narrowly escaped an Indian massacre. 

27,927. Mrs. Abby Luther Barney, North Swansey, Mass. Paw- 
tucket Chapter, R. 1. Born in Swansey, Mass., 1807; died 1901. Widow 
of Captain Edwin Barney. Daughter of Peleg Luther and Mary Nich- 
ols, his wife. Peleg Luther {1756-1810) served in the Rhode Island 
troops as private and sergeant. He was born in Swansey, where he 
(lied. He served with Colonel Lippitt at Newport, R. I. JNIrs -iarney 
entered the National Society on the recommendation of another **Real 
Daughter," Mrs. Judith Van Doom. 

28,084. Mrs. Adelaide Smith Hassey, Cicero, Indiana. Member- 
at-large. Born is Jackson Co., West Virginia, ; 

living 191 1. Daughter of Charles Smith and Elizabeth England, his 
wife. Charles Smith (1762-1846) had his name placed on the pension 
roll, 1833, for service of private in the Virginia Militia. He was born 
in Frederick Co. 

28,104. Mrs. Thirza Hazzard Beal, Brockton, Mass. Deborah 
.Sampson Chapter. Born in Springfield, New Hampshire, 1810; died 1900. 
Wife of Selah Beal. Daughter of James Carr Hazzard and Betsev 
(jreely, his wife (b. 1769). James Carr Hazzard (1759-1837) had his 
name placed on the pension roll of New Hampshire, 1832, for service 
of private and corporal in the New Hampshire Line. He was born in 
Newbury, Mass. Mrs. Thirza Hazzard Beal was a sister of Mrs. Lucy 
Hazzard Emerson, National Number, 28,107. 

28,107. Mrs. Lucy Hazzard Emerson, Lebanon, New Hampshire. 
Deborah Sampson Chapter, Mass. Born in Springfield, N. H., 1808; 
died 1900. Wife of Jonathan Emerson. Daughter of James Carr Haz- 
zard and Betsey (freely, his wife. Mrs. Lucy Hazzard Emerson was 
a sister of Mrs. Thirza Hazzard Beal, National Number, 28.104. 

28,137. Mrs. Betsey Gale Bean Bean, Providence, R. I. Member- 
at-large. Born in Barrington, R. I., ; living 191 1. 

fJaughter of Thomas Stacy Bean and Patience Andrews, his wife. 
Thomas Stacy Bean (1757-1839) was at Bunker Hill, R. I., and Ticon- 
deroga. His name was placed on the pension roll, 183 1, of Bristol 
(bounty, for service as private with the Massachusetts Continental and 
State troops. He was born in Boston; died in Barrington, R. I. 

28,152. Mrs. Harriet Hamilton Allen, Winona, Minnesota. Weno- 
nah Chapter, Minnesota. Born in Auburn, N. Y., 1810. Wife of Jose;»}i 
Hlake Allen. Daughter of David Hamilton, of Connecticut, and Rachel 
Churchill, his wife. David Hamilton (1756- 1840) enlisted, 1777. at 
.Sharon, Conn.; served as sergeant, 1778, with the dragoons. He died 
in Syracuse, N. Y. 

28,179. Mrs. Julia Brown I.anterman. Peruville, Tompkins C^o.. 
N, Y. Cayuga Chapter. Born in Lansing, N. Y., April 17, 181 7; died 



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January 24. 1901. Wife of John S. Lanterman. Daughter of Ebenezer 
Brown and Abigail Baldwin, his third wife. Ebenezer Brown enHsted 
as corporal from Tolland, Conn., 1777, and was at Valley Forge. 1778. 
He was placed on the comamnder-in-chief"s guard, under Capt. Caleb 
Gibbs. He was at Monmouth, and honorably discharged, 1780. He 
died in Lansing, N. Y., where he had received as bounty a tract of 600 
acres of land. Mrs. Lanterman was a devoted member of the Presby- 
terian Church. 

28,195, Mrs. Adeline Jones Whitney, Jamestown, N. Y. Mohawk 
Valley Chapter. Born in Westniurcland, X. V.. i8ck): died 1900. Wife of 
Richard Whitney. Daughter of Nehemiah Jones and Anna Pomeroy. 
his wife. Nehemiah Jones (1760-1838) had his name placed on the 
pension roll of Oneida Co., X. Y.. 1818, for service of private in the 
Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Norton, Mass.; died 
in Westmoreland, N. Y. 

28,219. Mrs. Mary Ann Hulibcll (amy). Reynolds, N. D. William 
Mason Chapter, Fargo. Born in Wolcott, Vt.: living 191 1. Wife of 
Alonzo Camp. Daughter of Seth Hubbell and Salome Bennett (1786- 
1872), his second wife (m. 1806). Seth Hubbell (1759-1832) was a 
private in Capt. Samuel Comstock's company of Connecticut Militia. 
He was born in Xorwalk, Conn. ; died in Wolcott, Vt. Seth Hubbell 
had a brother, Salmon, who was lieutenant in Comstock's company. 

28,234. Miss Margaret Murphy. Soutli P>uffalo Township, Arm- 
strong Co., Pa. Member-at-large. Born in South Buffalo. Pa., 1801 : 
died 1899. Daughter of Samuel Murphy and Elizabeth Powers, his 
wife. Samuel Murphy (1758-1851) when seventeen enlisted as a sol- 
dier and served throughout the war in the Virginia Militia. He was 
wounded, captured by the Indians, sold to the British, but escaped. 1782. 
He was born in Frederick Co.. Va. ; died in Armstrong Co.. Fa. Miss 
Murphy was a sister of Mrs. Susan Murphy Truby. Painesville, Ohio. 
National Number, 27,844. Samuel Murphy served under Gen. George 
Rogers Clarke against the Indians and Tories. 

28,253. Mrs. I-ydia Dryden Chapman, W^ilmington, Del. Caesa- 
Rodney Chapter. Born in W'ashington, Ohio, 1810; died April tq. 190T. 
Wife of Edmund Chapman. Daughter of William Dryden and Lydia 
Jester (1786-1846), his second wife (m. 1803). William Dryden (17.VJ- 
T832) served as a soldier in the Revolution. He was born in Nova 
Scotia ; died in Cincinnati, Ohio. Served in the Delaware Line and 
married a Delaware woman. Mrs. Chapman entered the National So- 
ciety through the Liberty Bell Chapter, Allentown, Pa., and was after- 
wards transferred to the Caesar Rodney Chapter, of Wilmington, Del., 
where she resided the last years of her life. 

28,299. Mrs. Mary Chamberlain Clarke. Occoquan. Va. Mount 
Vernon Chapter. Born in 1822; living 191 1. Wife of Thomas Clarke. 
Daughter of Wright Chamberlain and Mary Billings, his third wife. 
W'^right Chamberlain (1758- 1844) served in scouting and guarding pris- 



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oners during the Revolution. He was bcirn in Litchfield, Conn. ; died 
in Gibson, Pa. He served in Capt. Simon .Steven's companv, Col. Peter 
Olcott's regiment of Vermont Militia. Mrs. Clarke is a sister of Mrs. 
Plarriet Avery, Lynn, Pa., Natit)nal Number, 33,570. Also, of Mrs. 
Huldah A. Brown, Peckville, I'a., National Number, 32,688. 

28,444. Mrs. Phebe Jane Sawyer Covell, Portland, Maine. Eliza- 
beth Wadsworth Chapter. Born in VVestbrook, Maine, 1816; died 1900. 
Widow of Stanley Covell. Daughter of Thomas .Sawyer and Mary 
Davis, his wife, Thomas Sawyer (,1758-1833) had his name placed on 
the pension roll of Cumberland County, Maine, 183 1, for service of pri- 
vate in Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Falmouth, 
Mass. : died in Westbrook, Maine. 

28,529. Mrs. Abigail Brownell Manly, Tiverton, Rhode Lsland. 
Quecpiechan Chapter, Mass. Born in 1814: died 1909. Widow of 
U'illiam M. Manly. Daughter of Stephen Brownell of Rhode Island, 
and Mary Coggshall, his wife. Stephen Brownell (1762-1855) was 
placed on the pension roll of Rhode Lsland, 1831, for service as private 
in the front as a "Minute Man," when only fifteen years old; enlisted 
at sixteen, and served during the war. Mrs. Manly was born at Lit- 
tle Compton, and was the youngest child of Stephen and Mary Brownell. 
Abbje was married to Mr. Manly when young. He died in 1861, anil 
for the last twenty-five years of her life, Mrs. Manly li\'ed at Tiverton 
in the home of her daughter, 

28.667. Mrs. Sarah Jane W^arren Hamlin, Solsville, N. Y. Mohawk 
Valley Chapter. Born in Augusta, N. Y. 1819, died 1901. Wife of 
Chauncey Hamlin. Daughter of Daniel Warren, of Massachtisetts and 
New York. Daniel Warren (1764-18^5) had his name placed on the 
pension roll of Oneida Comity, N. "*!'., for ser\ice of private in the Mas- 
sachusetts Line. He was born in W orcester, ATass. ; died in Augusta, 
N. Y. 

28.668. Mrs. Lydia Melissa Purdy Henry, Poolville, N. Y. Mohawk 
\''alley Chapter. Born in Sherburne, Nev/ York, 1833. Wife of Otis 
.Sayles Henry. Daughter of Jeremiah Purdy, of New York, and Susan- 
nah Walworth (d. 1876), his wife. Jeremiah Jurdy (1761-1842) served 
as an artificer in Baldwin's Regiment, which was composed of artisans. 
Lie received a pension for his services. He was born in Westchester; 
died in Hamilton, N. Y. 

28.669. Mrs. Esther A. Purdy Shepardson, Poolville, N.. Y. Mo- 
hawk \'alley Chapter. Born in Stuyvesant, N. Y. Wife of Tubbard 
Shepardson. Daughter of Jeremiah Purdy, and Susannah Purdy, his 
wife. Mrs. Esther A. Purdy Shepardson is a sister of Mrs. Lydia Mel- 
issa Purdy Henry, National Number, 28,668. Mrs. Shepardson is still 
living, 191 1, and Mrs. Henry, also. 

28.670. Miss Eliza W^orks, Henrietta, N. Y. Mohawk \^alley 
Chapter. Born 1794; died 1899. Daughter of Samuel W^^rks and 
Susanna W^Jrks, bis wife. Samuel Works (1750-95) served as a 



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private, 1776, in Capt. John Cole's Company, Col. Samuel Ashley's Reg- 
iment, of New Hampshire Militia at Ticonderoga. 

28.828. Mrs. Isabelle V. Jett, C)range, Va. Montpelier Chapter. 
Horn in Ciilpeper County, Virginia; living 191 1. Wife of John Jett. 
Daughter of Major John Roberts and Lucy Ann Pollard, his second 
wife (m. 1809). John Roberts (1758-1834)' entered the service, 1775, 
as lieutenant ; was captain of Convention Guards, and attained the 
rank of Major. His name was placed on the pension roll, 183 1, for ser- 
\ice in the Continental Artillery. He was born in Culpeper; died in 
Rappahannock, Va. 

28.829. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Strother, Orange, Va., Montpelier Chap- 
ter. Born in Rappahannock County, Va. ; died 18Q9. Daughter of John 
Roberts and Lucy Ann Pollard, his second wife. Mrs. Elizabeth R. 
Strother was a sister of Mrs. Isabelle V. Jett. National Number, 28,- 
828. 

28,852. Mrs. Amy Wood, Greene, Rhode Lsland. Pawtucket Chap- 
ter. Born in Coventry, R. L; 1805; died 1899. Wife of Squire Gard- 
ner Wood. Daughter of Jonathan Nichols, Jr.. and Elizabeth Johnson, 
his wife. Jonathan Nichols, Jr. (1755-1830) served as a private in Capt. 
Samuel Wall's Company, 1778. He was born in Coventry. R. L, where 
he died. He served in the Rhode Island alarm. 

28,939. Mrs. Mary A. Barnhill, Paris. Illinois. Member-at-large. 
Born in Georgetown, Kentucky; died 1899. Widow of Samuel Barn- 
hill. Daughter of William James and Elizabeth Wells, his wife. Wil- 
liam James (1758-1837) gave three years' service in the Virginia Line. 
In 1784, he received a warrant for one hundred acres of land allowed 
a soldier for that service. He was born in Culpeper. \'a. ; died in Paris, 
111- 

28,978. Mrs. Sarah Thomson Usher. Biddleford, Maine. Rebecca 
Emory Chapter, Maine. Born in Baldwin. Me.; 1818: died iqoo. Wi- 
dow of James Madison Usher. Daughter of Robert Usher and Lydia 
Scolly, his wife. Robert Usher (1761-1838) served as a private in 
Capt. Benjamin Spaulding's Company, of New Hampshire Militia, 1780. 
H'e was born in Merrimack, New Hampshire: died in Baldwin. Maine. 

28,981. Mrs. Mary Harrick Holt Rich. Chelsea. Massachusetts. 
Captain Samuel Sprague Chapter. Born in Rome, Maine, 1818. Wi- 
dow of Samuel Alden Rich. Daughter of Valentine Holt, of Maine, and 
Hannah Day, his wife. Valentine Holt (1763-1840) served as a dis- 
patch carrier, 1776, 1777. He was a private in the New Hampshire 
Militia. 1780. H'e was a pensioner at the time of his death. He died 
in Mercer, Maine, and was buried at Hampshire Hill Cemetery ; he was 
born at Andover, Mass. On February 22. 1896, the "Valentine Holt 
Society, Children of the American Revolution" was organized in vSan 
Francisco, Cal., with his grand-daughter. Mrs. Isabelle S. Hubbard 
as President. The children have placed a stone over his grave to re- 



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place the old one which was becoming disintegrated. See, "Sixth 
Smithsonian Report," D. A. R., pages 347, 348. 

29,007. Mrs. Lozina Goldsmith Waldo, Andover, Massachusetts. 
John Adams Chapter. Born in Andover, Mass., 1813; died 1901. Wife 
of Jonathan Waldo. Daughter of Jeremiah Goldsmith, of Massachu- 
setts, and Sarah Converse, his wife. Jeremiah Goldsmith (1760-1842) 
was a private in Capt. John Abbott's Company, 1777. He was born 
in Andover, Mass.. and died there. 

29,161. Mrs. Phoebe Woolley Palmeter. Brookfield, New York. 
Mohawk Valley Chapter. Born in Winchall, Vermont, 1832; living 
igii. Wife of Russell Palmeter. Daughter of Jonathan Woolley and 
Anna Gates, his wife. Jonathan Woolley (1758-1845), was placed on 
the pension roll of Windham County, 1830, for service as private in 
the New Hampshire Continental Line. He was born in Swansea, N. 
H. ; died in Brookline, Vt. 

29,268. Mrs. Arietta Talladay Northrup, Athens, Pa. Tioga Chap- 
ter. Born in Elmira, New York, 1818; died 1908. Widow of Sam- 
uel Northrup. Daughter of Solomon Talladay and Cloe Couch, his 
wife. Solomon Talladay (1758-1839) had his name placed on the 
pension roll of Bradford County, Penna., for nine months' actual service 
as private in the New York Continental Line. vSolomon Talladay was 
one of the soldiers who participated in Gen. John .'Sullivan's expedition 
against the Six Nations. LI is daughter, Arietta Talladay Northrup. 
died October 20, igo8. She was buried in the old cemetery where her 
father, Solomon Talladay, also sleeps. His grave was marked by Tioga 
Chapter. 

29,304. Mrs. Mary Ann F. W. Langley, Providence, Rhode Island. 
Pawtucket Chapter. Born in Providence, R. L, 1829. Widow of James 
Langley. Daughter of Simeon Wheeler, and Sarah Turner, his third 
wife. Simeon Wheeler (1757-1836) had his name placed on the pen- 
sion roll of Providence County, 1831, for service as private in the Rhode 
Lsland Militia. Mrs. Langley was the youngest child of a third wife. 

29,307- Mrs. Charlotte Boykin Taylor, Boykin, South Carolina. 
Columbia Chapter. Born in Kershaw County, S. C. ; died 

1900. Wife of James M. Taylor. Daughter of Lieut. Burwell Boykin. 
of South Carolina, and Mary Whitaker, his second wife. Burwell 
Boykin (1741-1817) served as lieutenant in the Mounted Rangers of 
South Carolina. He was born in Southampton. Va. : died in South 
Carolina. 

29,336. Miss Lucy Skinner, Royalton. Vermont. Ottauqueechee 
Chapter. Born in Royalton, Vt., 181 1. Daughter of Isaac Skinner, 
and Lucy Shaw, his wife (m. 1786). Isaac Skinner (1759-1843) en- 
listed, 1776, under Capt. Benoni Cutler, Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment, 
and was at the battles of White Plains and Trenton. His pension was 
allowed for one year's actual service as private in the Connecticut Line. 
He was born in Woodstock, Conn. : died in Royalton, Vt. There is 



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said to have been another Miss Lucy Skinner, a Real Daughter, no re- 
lation to this one, living in Vermont at the same time. 

29,407- Mrs. Mary Ann Lucas Dart, South Glastonbury, Conn. 
Ruth Hart Chapter. Born in South Glastonbury, 181 1 : died 1902. Wife 
of George Dart. Daughter of Israel Lucas, and Mabel Bidwell, his 
wife. Israel Lucas (1753-1834) had his name placed on the pension roll, 
1824, for service as a private in the Connecticut Militia. He was born 
in Glastonbury, Conn., where he died. 

29,419. iMrs. Margaret S. Montgomery, Rock Island, Illinois. Fori 
Armstrong Chapter, 111. Born in Liberty, Pa., ; died 1900. 

Wife of Daniel Montgomery. Daughter of Robert Simington and Eliz- 
abeth Jacoby, his wife. Robert Simington (1737-41) had his name 
})laced on the pension roll of 'Pennsylvania. 1839, ^^^^' service as 
private in the Northampton County. Pennsylvania Militia. He was born 
in Somerset County, N. J. ; died in Columbia County, I'a. 

29,487. Mrs. Eunice Merrill Jones, South Freeport. Maine. Eliz- 
abeth Wadsworth Chapter. Born in Falmouth, Me.. 1827; living 191 1. 
Wife of Emery Jones. Daughter of Jacob Merrill, of Maine, and 
Abigail Dunbar, his wife. Jacol) Merrill (1755-1835) had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Cumberland County, Maine, [831, for 
service as private in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born 
in Falmouth, where he died. He served, 1775, in Capt. James Merrill's 
Companv. to fortify Falmouth, under Col. Jonathan Mitchell. 

29,490. Mrs. Jane Dyer Niles, Portland, Maine. Elizabeth W'ads- 
worth Chapter. Born in Durham, Maine, 1804: died 1900. Widow of 
Eben Niles. Daughter of Paul Dyer, and Sarah Waterhouse, his wife. 
Paul Dyer (1760-1827) had his name placed on the pension roll of ser- 
vice as private in the Massachusetts Continental Line. Mrs. Niles died 
Februarv 7. 1900. She had been for many years a member of Chestnut 
Street M. E. Church. 

29.497. Mrs. Lurana Smith Collier, Brockton, Mass. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter. Born in Raynham, Mass. Wife of Stephen Collier. 
Daughter of William Smith, of Massachusetts, and Thankful Phil- 
lips, his wife. William Smith ( 1741-183 1) served as a private in Capt. 
John Shaw's Company, Col. Abiel Mitchell's Regiment, at the Rhode 
Island Alarm. He was born in Raynham, Mass., and died there. Mrs. 
Lurana Smith Collier was a sister of Mrs. Nancy Smith Snell. National 
Number, 29,498. 

29.498. Mrs. Nancy Smith Snell, Brockton, Mass. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter. Born in Raynham, Mass., 1816; died 1900. Daugh- 
ter of William Smith, of Massachusetts, and Thankful Phillips, his 
wife. Mrs. Nancy Smith Snell was a sister of Mrs. Lurana Smith Col- 
lier, National Number, 29,497. 

29,510. Mrs, Lydia Adams Elaniant Rowe, ]\Tedfield. Massachu- 
setts. Lucy Jackson Chapter. Born in Medlield, 1817. Wife of W^il- 
liam Dean Rowe. Daughter of Asa Hamant, Jr., and Polly Draper, his 



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wife, (m. 1804). Asa Hamant. Jr. (1763-1843) served as a private in 
the Massachusetts Militia. He was born in iMedtield, Mass., where he 
died. 

29,514. Mrs. Lydia Wheeler Hiint, Westfield. Massachusetts. 
Mercy Warren Chapter. Born in Stephentown. N. Y., 1822. Daugh- 
ter of Stephen Wheeler, and Roxanna Bishop, his wife. Stephen 
Wheeler (1761-1831) had his name placed on the pension roll of New 
York, 1818, for three years' actual service as private in the New York 
Line. 

29,545. Miss Abigail Thayer, Boston, Massachusetts. Abigail 
Adams Chapter. Born in Braintree, Mass. Daughter of Eliphaz Thayer 
and Deliverance Thayer, his wile. Eliphaz Thayer (1762-1848) had 
his name placed on the pension roll, 1831, of Norfolk County for ser- 
vice as private in the Massachusetts Militia. Tie was born in Braintree, 
Mass., where he died. 

29,612. Mrs. Elvira Wright (^loing, Lewiston, New York. Mo- 
hawk Valley Chapter. Born in Hubardstown, Massachusetts; ; 
died 1900. Wife of James Going. Daughter of Bildad Wright and 
Rhoda Pond, his wife. Bildad Wright served as a private in the Mas- 
sachusetts Militia. 

29,639. ' Mrs. Ellen Mary Strayer, Royalton, Ohio. Hetuck Chap- 
ter. Born in Martinsburg, Virginia. 1813; died i<)02. Wife of Abram 
Strayer. Daughter of John Cross (1761-1847)- and Elizabeth Hardwick. 
his wife. John Cross served in the Virginia Light Horse, and his name 
was placed on the Eairfield County, Ohio, pension roll. 1818. for service 
as private in the Virginia Continental Line. 

29.738. Mrs. Julia Ann Murray Barnes, Santa Rosa, Sonoma 
County, California. Member-at-large. Born in P.altim(:)re, Md., 1814: 
died 1911. Wife of William Henry Harrison Barnes. Daughter of 
Daniel Murray and Rachel Horner, his wife. Daniel Murray served 
under Col. George Rogers Clark, in his conquest of the Illinois country. 
Murray was born in Scotland ; died 1820 in Lebanon. 111. Mrs. Julia 
Murray Barnes died May 6. 1911. in Los Angeles, Cal. She had iived 
on the Pacific Coast, 35 years. After the close of the Revolutionarv 
War her father, Daniel Murray, removed to St. Louis, then a trading 
post, and there her mother died. The father then removed with his 
children to Belleville, Illinois; later to Lebanon. Mrs. Barnes joined 
the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of fourteen years, and was 
active in church work up till the latest years of her life. 

29.739. Mrs. Caroline Murray Hypes, Lebanon, Illinois. Jeffer- 
son Chapter, Mo. Born in Baltimore, Md., 1814; died in Greencas- 
tle. Indiana, 1911. Wife of Benjamin Hypes. Daughter of Daniel 
Murray, and Rachel Horner, his wife. Mrs. Caroline Murray Hypes 
was a sister of Mrs. Julia Ann Alurray Barnes. National Number, 29,- 
738. Mrs. Hypes died at Greencastle, Indiana, Februarv 15. 191 1, less 
than three months before her sister. At the time of her death, Mrs, 



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Hypes was a member of Washburn Chapter, Greencastle, having been 
transferred from Jefferson Chapter, St. Louis, Mo., in 1910. She had 
been admitted to Jefferson Chapter. 1902. Mrs. Hypes was for many 
years identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

29,860. Mrs. Elizabeth Susan Switzer, Cynthiana, Harrison Comi- 
ty, Kentucky. Judge Samuel McDowell Chapter. Ky. Born in Bour- 
bon County, K}'., 1816; living 191 1. Widow of Nathaniel Switzer. 
Daughter of Abner Shropshire, and Susanna Foster, his wife. Abner 
Shropshire (1761-1841) had his name placed on the pension roll "f 
Kentucky, 183 1, for service as private in the Virginia Militia. He 
A\ as born in Culpeper County Va. ; died in Bourbon County, Ky. 

29,874. Mrs. Mary >Ielen Humphreys Waddell, Portland. Maine. 
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter. Born in Bloomfield. Conn., 1830: died 
J901. Widow of William Waddell. Daughter of Lot Humphreys and 
Mary McGloughlin, his second wife. Lot Humphreys (1762-1836) en- 
listed as a private, 1780, in the Connecticut Line, and in 1832, had liis 
name placed on the pension roll of Hartford County. He was born in 
Simsburg; died in Bloomfield, Conn. 

29,880. Mrs. Harriet Newell Moore, Cardincr. Maine. Samuel 
Grant Chapter. Born in New Gloucester. Maine, : died 19'X). 

Wife of George Henry Moore. Daughter of Joseph Collins and Betsey 
Bradbury, his wife. Joseph Collins (1760-1846) served as a private in 
the Massachusetts Line. He was born in Gloucester, Mass.; died in 
Gardiner, Maine. 

'^9>932- Miss Elizabeth Smith, Springfield, Massachusetts. Bern 
in Upton, Mass., 1819; died 1900. Mercy Warren Chapter.' Daughter 
of Benjamin Smith and Marv Elizabeth Graves, his wife. Benjamin 
Smith (1765-1863) was a musician at the age of sixteen. He received 
a pension for his service. He was born in Needham : died in Hopkin- 
ton, Mass. Miss Elizabeth Smith was a sister of Mrs. Jane Smith 
Evleth, Springfield, Mass. National Number, 16,003. 

29,936. Mrs. Sarah Deering Marden, West .Somerville, iVlass. Paul 
Jones Chapter, Boston. Born in Kittery, Maine, 1819; died 1906. AVi- 
dow of Joseph L. Marden. Daughter of Richard Seaward, and Olive 
Fowler, his wife. Richard Seaward (1750-1832) served as a private 
in the New Hampshire Line nearly three years. Enlisted on the frigate 
"Raleigh;" then on the "Dalton." Was captured, carried to England, 
confined twenty-two months and on account of ill health was allowed 
lo return home. He was placed on the pension roll of Maine, 1818. 
He died at Kittery. He served on the "Bon Homme Richard," under 
the immortal John Paul Jones. Had been taken prisoner at Bunker 
Hill, and confined in Mill Prison. f*aul Jones effected his release by 
exchanging some English prisoners whom he, Paul Jones, had cap- 
tured. Thus, Richard iSeaward came to serve under the Admiral. 
Mrs. Marden entered the chapter with one daughter and two grand- 



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daughters. She died September 19, 1906. For sixty-five years she 
had been a member of Kittery Baptist Churcli. 

30,020. Mrs. Samantha P. Nellis, Naples, New York. Astenrogen 
Chapter. Born in Fairfield, N. Y., i8to: living iqii. Widow of John 
Dietz Nellis. Daughter of Elijah Stanton, of Connecticut, and Lucy 
Goodell, his wife. Elijah Stanton (1754-1841) served as a private; 
suffered on the prisonship "jersey;" but survived to receive a pen- 
sion, in 1840. He was born in Preston, Conn ; died near Little P'alls, 
N. Y. He served for a time on Washington's body-guard. 

30,065. Mrs. Sarah M. L. Stevens, Frankfort, New York. Gen- 
eral Nicholas Herkimer Chapter. Born in F'rankfort, 1819; died 1907. 
\\'ife of Andrew Stevens. Daughter of Jacob I^entz. of New York, 
and IVLiry Elizabeth Reman, his wife. Jacob Lentz ser\-cd as a private 
in the Tryon County Militia. 

30,092. Mrs. Virginia Spencer Ritzins. W estfield, New York. 
Patterson Chapter. Born ; died 1901. Daughter of John 

Spencer and Sarah Amelia Hillcbcrt. his wife. 

30,172. Mrs. Terressa Quinby Carver. Sharon, Mercer County, Pa. 
Pittsburgh Chapter. Born in Howland. Ohio, 1808; died 1900. Widow 
of Conrad Gansevoort Carver. Daughter of Samuel Quinby and Ach- 
sah Parks, his wife. Samuel Quinby (1756-1840) had his name placed 
o'n the pension roll of Pennsylvania for service as private in the New 
Jersey Militia. He was born in Hunterdon County, N. J. ; died in 
Sharon. Pa. He served in the battles of Long Island, Trenton. White 
Plains and Horseneck. 

30,188. Mrs. Sarah C. Hurlbutt. Little Marsh, Tioga County. Pa. 
Born in Scipio, New York ; died 1908. Daughter of Elijah Weeks and 
Sarah Bachelder, his wife (m. 1793). Elijah Weeks (1764-1834) en- 
listed in his father's company as a private in the Massachusetts Line. 
His father was Capt. Thomas Wrecks (1735-1817). Elijah Weeks re- 
ceived a pension, 1831 : died in Cayuga County. N. Y. Elijah, with his 
father, went out as a "Minute Man." at the I^exington Alarm. Mrs. 
Hurlbutt was a great grand-daughter of Governor Thomas Hinckley, 
of Plymouth Colony. At the time of her death she was in receipt of 
a pension from the U. S. government. 

30,202. Mrs. Anna Vcrner Stribling. Richland. South Carolina. Co- 
lumbia Chapter. Born in Retreat. 1820: died looi. Wife of M. S. 
Stribling. Daughter of John Verner, Jr., and Rebecca Dickey, his 
second wife. John Verner, Jr., (i 763-1852) served as a private in the 
State Troops of South Carolina. He received a pension in 1832. He 
was born in Granville County, N. C. : died in Retreat. S. C. In 1773. 
he went to Abbeville District, S. C. John Verner. Jr., with his father, 
and two uncles, served under General Andrew Pickens, throughout the 
Avhole war. They were at Cowpens, Ninety-six. Charlestown. Eutaw 
Springs, etc. He lived to receive a pension. In 1790. he moved to Re- 
treat, Ocone County, where he died August 7, 1852. .\nna. his young- 



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est child, was born February 4, 1820; married Mr. Stribling, March 
2, 1843; had several children. Died March 6, 1901. 

30,299. Mrs. Farnetta Turner Maxcy, Springfield, Illinois. Spring- 
field Chapter. Born 1814; died 1902. Wife ol 
John C. Maxcy (m. 1835). Daughter of Rhodes Lloyd and Polly Tur- 
ner, his wife. Mrs. Maxcy emigrated with her family from Kentucky 
to Illinois on horseback. She married Mr. Maxcy in 1835: they lived 
together fifty-eight years. Mrs. Maxcy, during the Civil War, was 
a member of the Soldier's /Vid Society. 'I'hree generations joined Spring- 
field Chapter — ^Mrs. Maxcy. her daughter and granddaughters. Rhodes 
Lloyd was the son of William Lloyd (born 1748) who served in Capt. 
Gabriel Long's Company, Col. Daniel Morgan's \'a. Regiment. W in. 
Lloyd enlisted at Culpeper, Va. : died in Kentucky, a pensioner. 

30,305. Mrs. Mary Forbes Cano Bryan Cobb, New London, In- 
diana. Vanderburgh Chapter, Ind. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, 1803. 
Widow of Lewis Bryan. Daughter of Daniel Gano and Martha Bryan, 
his wife. Daniel (iano ( 1758-1842) had his name placed on the pension 
roll of Scott County, Ky., for service as lieutenant and captain of the 
New York Line. Jle was a son of Rev. John Gano (1727-1804J, army 
chaplain. Mrs. Mary l'"orbes Gano Bryan Cobb died near New London, 
Indiana, September 4, 1903; aged 101. Her first husband was Lewis 
FL Bryan, and her second, Elisha Cobb (died 1884). Mrs. Cobb had 
eleven children. She was the great grand-mother of Col. W'illiam J. 
Bryan, Democratic candidate for President. Mrs. Cobb remembered 
incidents in the life of Henry Clay, at one time a near neighbor. She 
also remembered the visit of De Kalb to this C(juntry. 

30,324. Mrs. Emeline Dolly Y. Hilton, Auburn, Maine. Elizabeth 
Wadsworth Chapter. Born in Belgrade, Maine, 1825. Widow of 
Richard Hilton. Daughter of Jonathan Yeaton, and Jane Wood, his 
wife. Jonathan Yeaton (1757-1839) had his name placed on the pen- 
sion roll of Kennebec County, Maine, 1831, for service as private in the 
Massachusetts .Alilitia. He was born in Portsmouth; died in Belgrade, 
Maine. 

30,398. Mrs. Elizabeth Cobb Avis, St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis' 
Chapter. Born in Camden, Maine, 1809; died 1901. Wife of W'illiam 
Avis. Daughter of Thomas Cobb and Lucy Smith, his wife. Thomas 
Cobb (1762-1841) enlisted at seventeen; served as a drummer boy at 
Valley Forge, and was mustered out at Yorktown. He was born in 
Halifax. Nova Scotia: died in Lynn, Mass'achusetts. 

30,407. Mrs. Catharine Judith Pulliam, Marshall. Saline County, 
Missouri. St. Louis Chapter. Born in Lawrencel)urg, Indiana, Feb. 
6, 1815. Wife of John C. Pulliam. Daughter of Benjamin Chambers 
and Sarah Lawson Kemper, his wife. Benjamin Chambers (1764- 1850) 
served in his father's company of Pennsylvania Militia. His father 
was General James Chambers (1744-1805). Benjamin was born in 
Chambersburg," Pa.; died in Saline County, Mo., at Cambridge. Ben- 



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jamin Chambers was ensign and lieutenant while still under age. Cath- 
arine, daughter (>f P>enjamin, came to Missouri, in 1818. In 1836, mar- 
ried Mr. I'ulliam. a native of Tennessee. Mrs. Pulliam has General 
Chambers' sword, which is, literal!}', "the sword of Bunker Hill," as the 
Pennsylvania battalions were among the first to reach Massachusetts, 
in 1775. 

30,503. Mrs. Margaret K rider Hare, Philadelphia, Pa. Quaker 
City Chapter. Born in Philadelphia. 1821. Wife of Benjamin Thorn- 
ton Hare. Daughter of Ensign Jacob Krider and Harriet Weaver, his 
wife. Jacob Krider (t755-I'^37) had his name placed on the [)ension 
roll of Philadelphia County, 1831. for service as private and ensign in 
the Pennsylvania Militia. 

30,510. Mrs. Jlarrict Krcidcr Schroeter. E'liiladelphia. Quaker 
City Chapter. Born in Philadelphia. 1817; died Ma}- 15. 1910. Wife of 
Philip .^chroctcr. Daughter of Ensign Jacob Krcider. and Harriet 
Weaver, his second wife. Mrs. Harriet Krcidcr Schroeter was a sister 
of Mrs. Margaret Kreider Hare, National .Xuml^er, 30,503. Jacob Kreider 
(1755-1837) was placed on the pension raW of Philadelphia County, 1831, 
for servic-e as private and ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia. Jacob 
Kreider, of Swiss ancestry, served in the I'^ifth Battaliou. Capt. John 
Santee's Company, Northampton County, ]^a. Was under Col. Peter 
Keichline and Col. Johannes Van Etten. Was in the battle of Long 
Island, P^ort Washington and Germantown : suffered at Valley Forge. 
His second wife was Harriet Weaver, twenty-six years his jtmior. whom 
he riiarried, 1800. Had eight daughters. Harriet, born December 13, 
1817. married Philip K. Schroeter, 1841. 

30,520. Mrs. Harriet Watson Sherman. A\'cst Kingston. Rhode- 
Island. Karragansett Chapter. Horn in South Kingston, R. I., 1818; 
died 1902. Wife of Josc])h .^herman. Daughter of (Oliver Watson 
and Dorcas Gardiner (1775-1855). liis wife. ( )livcr Watson (1760-1839) 
had his name ])laccd on the ])ension roll of Washington County. 1831, 
for service as private, Rh(Mle Island Militia. He was born in South 
Kingston, where he died. 

30,603. Mrs. Charlotte Kecler Raymond, Xorwalk. Conn. Xor- 
walk Chapter. l^)orn in Milt(Tn. Conn.. 1819. Wife of Thomas M. 
Raymond. Daughter of Justus Keeler and Charlotte Olmstead, his 
wife (m. 1817). Justus Keeler (1750-1821) served as a private in the 
Ninth Regiment, of Connecticut Militia, 1776. He was born in Milton, 
where he died. Mrs. Raymond died P^ebruary 26. 191 1, in the house 
in Milton, where she was bofn ninety-two years ago. She was the 
oldest communicant of St. Matthew's Church. Milton. 

30,722. Mrs. Sabra Amanda Mussey. .\tkinson. Illinois. Genesco 
Chapter, III. Born in Rutland. Vermont. t8o8: died T900. Widow of 
Henry. Mussey. Daughter of Amos Lawrence. Jr.. and .Sara Eggles- 
ton. his wife. Amos Lawrence ('1760-1843') enlisted, 1777. and served 
as teamster in the Connecticut Militia. Mrs. Mussey died April 7, 1900, 



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aged nearly ninety-two, at the home (if her daughter in Fort Atkin- 
son. 

30,785. Mrs. Mary Prudence B. EUiott, Athens, Maine. Eunice 
Farnsworth Chapter. Born in Mercer, Me., 1819; living 191 1. Wife 
of Adam Elliott. Daughter of Benjamin Baxter and Margaret Hewitt, 
his wife (m. 1810). Benjamin Baxter (1757-1831) had his name placed 
on the pension roll of Somerset County, Maine, for service as private 
in the New Hampshire Line. He was born in England ; died in Mer- 
cer, Me. ; served in Col. Bellow's Regiment. Mary Prudence was mar- 
ried in 1839 to Adam Elliott. She lived for a time in Starke, afterwards 
removing to a farm in Athens, where she has li\ed fifty years. vShe 
is a member of the Methodist Church, as were her father and mother 
before her. Mr. Elliott died 1881. Airs. Elliott was a sister of Mrs. 
Naomi Ruth Baxter tlobart, of Townsend, Mass. National Number, 

32,914. 

30,823. Mrs. Paulina Deyo, Springfield, Mass. Mercy Warren 
Chapter. Born in Cooperstown, New York, 1816. Widow of John 
Deyo. Daughter of Solomon Dibble (Tibbie), and Chcy"lotte Schermer- 
horn, his wdfe. Solomon Dibble (1755-1842) served as a private in 
the New York Levies, 1779, under Col. Albert Pawling. He died in 
Chatham, N. Y. 

30,976. Mrs. Ann Eliza Walter Ford, Orleans Four Corners, New 
York. Le Ray de Chaumont Chapter. Born in Danube, N. Y., 1814; 
died 1905. Wife of Alexander Ford. Daughter of John Walter, of 
New^ York, and Anna Bettinger, his wife. John Walter (1760-1819) 
served as a private in the New York Militia. Lie died in Danube, N. 
Y. Mrs. Ford was the last survivor of a family of tweh-e. She was 
l)orn in Herkimer County: died at Plessis, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1905; aged 
ninety-one. She married E. Covil, 1850; came to Jefferson (bounty; 
resided at Orleans Four Corners, until 1872, then moved to Ithaca. Mr. 
Covil died 1879. In i88^, she married Mr. Ford. She had no chil- 
dren. 

31,043. Mrs. Mary Ann Kirk. \\ ilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, 
(jeorge Clinton Chapter, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, November 
15, 1818; died March 7, 1901. Wife of James Kirk (m. 1805). Daugh- 
ter of William Davis, and Mary Collins, his wife. W'illiam Davis (1761- 
1830) had his name placed on the pension roll (^f Fairfield (bounty, (3hio, 
1818, for service as private in the Connecticut Continental Line. He 
enlisted, 1777, when only sixteen years old; served in the battles of 
Stony Point and Yorktown. 

31,139. Mrs. Laura Elvira Roberts, Putney, Vermont, P>rattleboro 
Chapter. Born in Putney, Vt., 1807; died 1900. W^ife of James Clark 
Roberts. Daughter of Rufus Moore and Betsey (Mciore), his w^ife, (m. 
1797) ; no relation. Rufus Moore (1750-1838) served several enlistments 
and in 1832 received a pension. Lie was born in Princeton, Mass. ; died 
in Lyndon, Vt. There was another Rufus ISIoore, of Vermont, who 



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was no relation to this one. The second-named Rufus Moore married 
Rachel Moore, sister of Betsey who married the other Rufus Moore. 
Rufus and Rachel Moore had a daughter, Emily, born 1807. She mar- 
ried Mr. Nichols, of Brattleboro, Vt., and her name is in the list of 
"Real Daughters" prepared by the Sons of the American Revolution. 

31,170. Mrs. Jane A. Walker, Waupun, Wisconsin. Fort Atkin- 
son Chapter, Wis. Born in Ferrisburg, Vermont, 1810; died in 1907. 
Wife of Levi O. \A alker. Daughter of Joseph Powers and Rebecca 
Stearns, his third wife, (m. 1790). Joseph Powers (1748-1826) had his 
name placed on the pension roll for eighteen months' actual service 
as private in the New Hampshire Line. His widow also received a 
pension. He died in Ferrisburg, V^t. Mr. Powers served at Lexing- 
ton and Bunker Hill ; also, under General Sullivan. Seven brothers 
Powers were in the Revolutionary War. At the outbreak of the War 
of 1812, Joseph Powers was also ready to serve his country. Mrs. Wal- 
ker was one of a family of sixteen children. She lived in Waupun, 
Wis., since early territorial days. Left a widow, with six small children, 
she determined to clear a mortgaged farm. Unaided she raised her 
family and lifted the mortgage. 

31,513. Mrs. Rachel Maria Fernald, Kittery Depot, Maine. Paul 
Jones Chapter, Boston, Mass. Born in Eliot, Maine, 1812; died 1908. 
Wife of Reginald Fernald. Daughter of Eliot Frost, of Maine, and 
Jane Clark, his wife, (m. 1786). Eliot Frowst (1760-1849) served as 
a waiter to his brother Capt. Charles Frost, at the age of fifteen; sub- 
secjuently enlisted as a private. He was born in .\'orth Kittery, Maine : 
died there. While in service, he was taken prisoner by the British and 
sent to Halifax, Nova Scotia. On his release, he walked from that city 
to his home in Kittery. He settled on a farm in that neighborhood. 
Mrs. Fernald was his twelfth child. She was sixth in descent from 
Nicholas Frost, who settled in Eliot, Maine, in 1630. Her great-grand- 
mother was a niece of Sir William Pepperell. 

31,570. Mrs. Emily Chittenden Carter, Winona, Minnesota. Wen- 
onah Chapter. Born in Westmoreland, New York, 1810. Daughter of 
Jared Chittenden and Asena Douglass, his wife. Jared Chittenden 
(1756-1828), enlisted in Lamb's Artillery. 1775, and served to the sur- 
render of Cornwallis. He was born in Guilford, Conn. ; died in W^est- 
moreland. N. Y. He received a tract of bounty land in New York 
State. He was among the officers who addressed the memorials to 
W^ashington and the Governor of Connecticut in behalf of destitute 
soldiers. Mrs. Carter died November 6, 1903 ; aged ninety-three. 

31,585. Mrs. Elizabeth McClelland, Springfield, Missouri. St. 
Louis Chapter, Mo. Born in Batavia, Ohio, 1807: died August 3, 1900. 
Widow of Samuel McClelland. Daughter of Richard Talliaferro (Tol- 
liver), of Virginia, and Rebecca Riddle, his wife. Richard Talliaferro 
(1763-1836) had his name placed on the pension roll of Ohio, 1831, for 
service as private in the X'irginia State Troops. He was born in Fred- 



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ericksburg, Va. : died in C'leniiont C'lninly, rjhio. He served in the 
George Rogers Clark expedition, with the rank of Major. He was of 
Italian descent, his ancestors having emigrated to Virginia before the 
Revolution. His daughter, Nancy, in 1827. married Samuel McClelland, 
of a pioneer family. They came to Missouri in 1833. Mrs. McClelland 
left many descendants. 

31,659. Mrs. Emily Ingersoll Moss. Ithaca, N. Y., Cayuga Chapter. 
f'orn in Sterling. N. Y., 1816. Widow of John Moss. Daughter of John 
Ingersoll and Mary Terrell, his wife (m. 1807). John Ingersoll (1764- 
1839) had his name placed on the i)ension roll, 1818. for service as 
private in the New York Militia. He was born in Amenia, N. Y. : died in 
Corn well, N. Y. 

3i»737- Mrs. Jcrusha Taylor Rockwell, Marcellus. Onondaga Coun- 
ty, New York. Onondaga Chapter. Born in Pine Plains, N. Y. :/i824; 
died 1901. Daughter of John B. Taylor and Jerusha Spencer, his wife. 
John B. Tavlor (1760- 1834) served several short enlistments in the 
New York Militia. His name was placed on the pension roll of Sar- 
atoga Countv. 1832. for service as private. He enlisted as a drummer, 
1776, in the Twelfth Albany Company. Regiment under Col. Jacobus 
Van Schoonhoven. Mrs. Rockwell was the youngest of seven children. 
In 1840, she married Mr. Rockwell, instructor in the Boys' Reform 
School, Blackwell's Island. 

31,860. Mrs. Elizabeth Denny Gaston, Philadelphia. Quaker City 
Chapter. Born in West Brandywine, Pa.. 1817: died igoo. Wife of 
Dr. Alexander Gaston. Daughter of David Denny, and Martha Mc- 
Clure. his wife, (m. 1813). David Denny (1740-1820) was captain of 
the Eighth Company, Seventh Battalion, Chester County, Pa., Militia. 
His widow received a pension. Mrs. Gaston was the oldest living 
graduate of the famous Moravian Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., and Honi^r- 
ary President of the Alumnae Association. 

31,914. Mrs. Sarah Blanchard Chai)man, Bethel, \'crmont. Ot- 
tauqucechee Chapter. I'orn in Lebanon. New Hampshire. Wife of 
Cvrus Chapman. Daughter of Simon Blanchard and Jemima Chap- 
man, his wife (m. 1787). Simon Blanchard (1759-1820) had his name 
placed on the pension roll of Vermont. 1818. for nine months' actual 
service as a private. Continental Line. Mrs. Chapman died March 14. 
1904: aged lOT. 

31,938. Mrs. Sarah B. Atwater Ward. Oshkosh. Wisconsin. Osh- 
kosh Chapter. Born in Genoa. New York. 1821: living. 1911. Wife 
of Alfred Ward. Daughter of John Atwater and Lucy Davis, his sec- 
ond wife. John Atwater (lys?-^^?,?) 'i^f^ ^""'^ name placed on the pen- 
sion roll of Cayuga County, N. Y.. 1832. for service as private in the 
Connecticut Continental Line. He was born in Hampden, Conn. : died 
in Genoa, N. Y. He served in the Light Horse under Ca|)t. Samuel 
Peck. Carried dispatches for Lafayette. Enlisted when a student at 
Yale : after the war worked his way through college. Mrs. Sarah B. 



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Atwater Ward is a sister of Mrs. Susanna Atwater Gillett, of Ken- 
osha, Wis., National Number, 36,582. They had two brothers living, 
"Real Sons." 

32,121. Mrs. Harriet Hoar Chubb, Athol Center, Massachusetts. 
Fitchburg Chapter. Born in 1814; died 

1904. Wife of Andrew S. Chubb. Daughter of Timothy Hoar, of Mas- 
sachusetts (died 1832) and Lydia Hunt, his wife. Timothy Hoar 
(1759-1832) served as matross in Craft's artillery, and as a private un- 
der different commands. He was born in Concord; died in Westmin- 
ster Mrs. Harriet Hoar Chubb was a sister of Mrs. Louisa Hoar Har- 
ris. National Number, 20,465. 

32,125. Mrs. Martlia Eli^abeth Anderson, South Natick, Mas- 
sachusetts. Born in Roxbury, 1808. General Benjamin Lincoln Chap- 
ter. Wife of James Anderson. Daughter of Edward Sumner, of Mas- 
sachusetts (1746-1829) and Joanna (Sumner) Sumner, his wife. The 
Sumner family were prominent in Roxbury ; it included numerous pa- 
triots, among them : Mrs. Anderson's paternal grandfather, William 
Sumner, who was a member of the "Committee of Correspondence." 
On the night of March 5, 1776. he drove one of the teams carrying ma- 
terials from Roxbury for the fortification on Dorchester Heights. He 
carried five loads and his son Edward Sumner (Mrs. Anderson's father) 
worked all night loading the team. Edward Sumner's orchard was the 
"limit of the American line of fortifications during the Siege of Bos- 
Ion" — a battery was planted in the orchard. Mrs. Anderson is the 
eleventh of a family of thirteen children. When a young woman she 
married James Anderson, a native of England. She was present at the 
dedication of the monument on Dorchester Heights, March 17, 1902. 

32,191. Mrs. Betsey J. Graham Kinner, Batavia, New York. Deo- 
on-go-wa Chapter. Born' 1828. Wife of 

Albert Kinner. Daughter of Roswell Graham (1761-1855), and Nancy 
Charlotte Grub, his wife. 

32,241. Mrs. Samantha Morrison Flint. Toledo, Ohio. Ursula 
Wolcott Chapter, Ohio. Born 1835: living 

191 1. Wife of . Daughter of William Mor- 

rison, of New York (1738-1845) and Margaret, his wife. William Mor- 
rison was a private in Stephen Schuyler's New York Regiment. He 
enlisted July i. 1777, and w^as honorably discharged twenty-two days 
later. He again served with Hathorn's Regiment. 

32,468. Mrs. Maleta Stapp Kleiser. Parsons, Kansas. John Mar- 
shall Chapter, Kentucky. Born 

Wife of Jonas Kleiser. Daughter of Achilles Stapp (T755-1849), and Ann 
Millbanks, his wife. Achilles Stapp had his name placed on the pension 
roll of Scott County. Ky., 1831. for services as private in the Virginia 
Line. 

32,491. Mrs. Tane Seaver Stockwell, Athol, Massachusetts, Fitch- 
burg Chapter, Born 1808; died 1901. Wife 



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of Stillman Stockwell. Daughter of Joseph Seaver (1752-1832), and 
Ahial Rich, his wife. 

32.494. Miss Lucretia A., Hopkins, Reading, Massachusetts. 
Faneuil Hall Chapter. Born , 1824. Daughter 
of Joseph Hopkins, of Massachusetts (1761-1833), and Martha Crooker, 
his wife. Miss Hopkins is a sister of Mrs. Mary W. Pratt, Niational 
Number, 32,495. Joseph Hopkins enlisted at the age of fifteen, and 
served in the Revolutionary War. His daughters, Lucretia and Mary, 
are the two youngest children of the second wife. 

32.495. Airs. Mary W. Pratt, Reading, Mass. Faneuil Hall Chap- 
ter. Born 1821. Wife of Joseph L. Pratt. 
Daughter of Joseph Hopkins (1761-1853) of Massachusetts, and Martha 
Crooker his second wife. Mrs. Mary W. Pratt is a sister of Miss Lu- 
cretia A. Hopkins. National Number, 32,494. 

32,506. Mrs. Abigail Harris Wood, Chester, Vermont. Old South 
Chapter, Mass. Born in Springfield, Vt., April 17, 1828; died at Chester, 
Vt., September 11, 1904. Widow of Lorenzo Wood. Daughter of John 
Harris (b. July 2, 1758 d. Feb. 22, 1840). John Harris was born in 
Wrentham, Mass. ; served in the Revolutionary War. He spent six 
3''ears in ten different hospitals, and was a prisoner on ten different prison 
ships. He was a U. S. pensioner for twenty years. 

32,554. Miss Rachel Van De\enter, South River, New Jersey, 
Monmouth Chapter. Born . Daughter of 

Christopher Van Deventer, of New Jersey (1755-1840) and Rachel Vree- 
land, his first wife. Christopher Van Deventer served as a private in 
the Militia, as did also his tinee brothers. He was born in i^Iiddlesex 
County, N. J., where he died. Miss Rachel Van Deventer was a half- 
sister of Mrs. Sarah Van Deventer Wilcox, National Number. 34.257, 
who was a daughter of Christian Van Deventer, and his second wife, 
Elizabeth Lambison. 

32,573. Mrs. Virtue E. S. Cole, Ffillsdale, Michigan. Benjamin 
Prescott Chapter, N. Y. Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N. Y., 
1815. Wife of Chester Cole. Daughter of Major Samuel Sinclair, of 
New York (1762-1827) and Fanny Biglow Edson, his second wife. Ma- 
jor Sinclair was an honored citizen of Fredonia. His wife's father and 
i)rotheis fought in the Revolution under Ethan Allen. Samuel Sinclair 
served under his uncle, Cc)l. Joseph Cilley. He was at Valley Forge, 
Monmouth and in Sullivan's expedition. He was born in Maine, and 
died at Sinclairville, N. Y. 

32,649. Mrs. Eliza A. Lee, Lancaster, Pa. Donegal Chapter. Born 
1828; died 1901. Wife of Amos Lee. Daughter 
of Isaac Jones, of Pennsylvania (died 1842), and Mary , his 

wife. Isaac Jones served as drummer boy at the age of sixteen, in Capt. 
J(jhn Reed's Comjjany, Fourth P.attaliun, Lancaster County, under Col. 
James Burd. 



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32,650. Mrs. Lydia A. White, Lancaster, Pa Donegal Chapter. 
Born 1827. "Wife of Jacob 

White. Daughter of George Leonard, of Pennsylvania (1755-1847), 
and Katharine Evans, his second wife. George Leonard served three 
years, and was at the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Germantown. 
His name was placed on the pension roll, 1818, for service as private 
in the Pennsylvania Continental Line. He was born in Lancaster, Pa., 
where he died. 

32,688. Mrs. Huldah A. Brown, Peckville, Pa. Scranton City Chap- 
ter. Born in Susquehanna County, Pa., November 15, 1830; living 191 1. 
Wife of . Daughter of Wright Chamberlain (1758-1841), 

and Mary Billings, his third wife. WVighf Chamberlain served in scout- 
ing and guarding of prisoners in the Revolution. He was born in Litch- 
field, Conn. ; died in Gibson, Pa. Mrs. Brown is a sister of Mrs. Mary 
\\" right Chamberlain Clarke, National Number, 28,299, and Mrs. Harriet 
Avery, National Number, 33,570. They belonged to a family of twentv- 
six children. Wright Chamberlain served in Capt. Simon Steven's Com- 
pany, Col. Peter Olcott's Regiment, Vermont Militia. Lie, Wright, lived 
thirty-six years in Connecticut; less than two in Vermont; and was one 
of the earliest settlers in Susquehanna County, Pa. The Billings family 
were prominent in Wyoming County, Pa. 

32,848. Mrs. Lucretia Miller, Browning, 111. Puritan and Cava- 
lier Chapter, Illinois. Born •, 1814; died February 
12, 1906. Wife of W^illiam Miller. Daughter of William Wright, of 
Virginia (1758-1835), and Milly Malone Wright, his wife, W^illiam 
Wright, an English youth, served under the British General Gage, in 
1776; deserted and enlisted in the American Army, and served five years; 
died in Pulaski County, Mo., 1835, and was buried near the village of 
Roubidoux, now called Wains Mill, Pulaski Co., in Henson's burying- 
ground. W^illiam W^right was born in London, England ; joined the 
Americans from Berkeley Co., V^a. After the war. went to Kentucky, 
where he married Milly Malone; thence moved to Missouri. His daugh- 
ter Lucretia married William Miller when only fifteen years old. 

32,850. Mrs. Eunice W. Beardsley, Sparta, N. J. Caroline Scott 
Harrison Chapter, Indianapolis, Ind. Born . Wife 

of . Daughter of Noadiah W^ade ( 1746- 1830), of 

New Jersey, and Anna Braisted, his second wife. Noadiah Wade was 
commissioned captain, 1776, of the Fourth Battalion, New Jersey Con- 
tinental Line. Flis name was placed on the pension roll of Sussex 
County. 1818, for service of captain in the New Jersey Line. 

32,888. Mrs. Marama Belcher, Lawrence, Mass. Betsy Ross 
Cliapter, Massachusetts. Born February 14, 1810; died 1903." Wife 
of . Daughter of John Brown, of New Hamp- 

shire (1756-1856), and Betsey Burgin, his wife. John Brown was born 
in Hookett, N. H. ; died in Bangor, Maine. In October, 1775, he en- 
listed from Chester, N. IL; in December, 1775, enlisted under Captain 



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Butiton in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stark; in February, 
1776, he was stationed at Winter Hill, near Boston. Mrs. Belcher out- 
lived all her family, and during the last four years of her life was ten- 
derly cared for in the Woods Home for Aged People. Lawrence, Mass. 
32,914. Mrs. Naomi Ruth Baxter Hobart, Townsend, Mass. Pru- 
dence Wright Chapter. Born in Mercer, Maine, 1816. Wife of Will- 
iam Hobart. Daughter of Benjamin Baxter, of New Hampshire (1757- 
1831), and Margaret Hewett, his wife. Benjamin Baxter was born in 
England; died in Mercer, Maine. He served as a private in the New 
Hampshire Line, as a private in Capt. Amos Shephard's company, Col. 
Benjamin Bellow's regiment. The name of Benjamin Baxter appears 
on the pension rolls. Mrs. .\aonii Ruth Baxter Hobart was a sister of 
Mrs. Mary Prudence IJaxter Elliot, of Athens, Maine. National Number, 

.^0,785- 

32,926. Mrs. Sophronia E. Means, Vinton, Iowa. General Rich- 
ardson Chapter, Michigan. Born ; living 191 1. 
Wife of William W. Means. Daughter of John Slattery, a seaman 
(1763-1854), and Ocey Teeples, his \vife John Slattery served as sea- 
man on the man-of-war "Oliver Cromwell." 

32.978, Mrs. Charlotte Root Godfrey, Cjodfreys Corners, Guilford 
Centre. Chenango Co., N. Y. Benjamin Prescott Chapter, fjorn 

, 1804; died 1900. Wife of 
Daughter of Ebenezer Root (i 760-1842) and Cynthia Whipple, his wife. 
Mrs. Charlotte Root Godfrey was a sister of Mrs. Harriet Root Young, 
National Number, 32,979. 

32.979. Mrs. Harriets Root Young. Trestle. Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Born , 1813; died 1900. Wife of Sheldon A. Young. 
Daughter of Ebenezer Root (1760-1842) and Cynthia Whipple, his wife. 
Benjamin Prescott Chapter. Mrs. Harriet Root Young was a sister 
of Mrs. Charlotte Root Godfrey, National Number. 32,978. 

33,012. Mrs. Ruth Barney Maples, Mayville, N. Y. Patterson 
Chapter. Born , 1817; died 1901. Wife of 

. Daughter of Luther Barney (1757-1844) and Ruth 
Garrison, his wife. Luther Barney enlisted. 1776. as a private in the 
Connecticut Militia, raised to reinforce Washington in New York. He 
subsequently enlisted in the navy ; was taken prisoner in a naval en- 
gagement; confined on a prison-ship. He was released thrcnigh the in- 
tervention of Lafayette, but his brother Edward was detained and died 
of small-pox. He was born in Norwich, Conn. ; died in Ellery. N. Y. 

33,071. Mrs. Lucy Ann Gump, Cpper Sandusky, (^hio. Mcmber- 
at-large. Born ; living 191 t. W^ife of 

Daughter of Eliab Eggleston (1762-1838) and Lucy Ingraham, his wife. 

33,115. Mrs. Elizabeth Church Wardwell. Bristol, R. L Bristol 
Chapter. Born . 1818; died igos. Wife of John 

Henry Wardwell. Daughter of Thomas Church, of Rhode Island (1760- 
1843), ^"fi Mary Tripp, his wife. Thomas Church enlisted in 1777 and 



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served until 1780, mostly in and about Newport and Bristol. Served 
also under General Sullivan. A pensioner in 1843. ^^^- Church was at 
one time a prominerrt merchant and ship owner. His daughter, Eliza- 
beth, was well educated. She married John Henry Wardwell, a mer- 
chant of New York. She had one brother, a "Real Son," Captain 
William Howe Church, aged 90, in June, 1900. 

33,241. Mrs. Martha E. Penn Rogers, Monticello, Ga. Joseph 
Habersham Chapter. Born 1804; living 191 1. Wife of 
Daughter of William Penn (1760-1836), of Georgia, and Martha A., his 
wife. William Penn was a Georgia Revolutionary soldier. He is buried 
in the Baptist Cemetery in Monticello, and his record is on his tomb- 
stone. Mrs. Rogers has her father's sword, and other relics of 1776. 

33,244. Mrs. Olivia Tuckerman Way, Walthourville, Ga. Joseph 
Habersham Chapter. Born , 1819; living 191 1. Wife of 

Samuel T. Way. Daughter of Dr. Samuel Jacob Axon (1751-1827), of 
Georgia, and Ann Lambright, his wife. Dr. Samuel Axon served as a 
surgeon in the Revolutionary Army. He was from the old. historic 
Liberty County, Ga., that gave so many patriots to the cause of Amer- 
ican Independence. Mrs. Way resides in the same historic neighbor- 
hood Dr. Axon was surgeon's mate, 1776; surgeon P'irst .South Caro- 
lina Regiment, 1777. 

33,327. Airs. Thankful B. Plaisted, Limington, Maine. Elizabeth 
Wadsworth Chapter. l>orn , 1821 ; 

Wife of John Plaisted. Daughter of Peter Babb, of Maine (1764-1842), 
and Thankful Bangs, his wife. Peter Babb had his name placed on the 
tension roll of York County, Maine, 181^, for service as private in the 
Massachusetts Line. He was born in Westbrook, Mass. ; died in Buxton, 
Maine. 

33»329. Mrs. Lydia AVixson, Augusta, Maine. Koussinoc Chapter. 
Born in Wiscasset, Maine, September, 1816; living 191 1. Wife of James 
Wixson. Daughter of John Rollins, of Maine (1756-1843), and Mary 
Jones, his wife. John Rollins served from March 15, 1777, to April 20, 
1780, in Colonel Sherburne's regiment, and received 200 acres of State 
lands in Maine as a bounty. His daughter, Lydia, married in Augusta, 
James Wixson, in 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Wixson removed to Bridgewater, 
Mass.; had nine children. Mr. Wixson died in 1892, and Mrs. Wixson 
returned to Augusta. She was well educated. 

33.330. Mrs. Eliza K. P. Thomas, Rockland, Maine. Lady Knox 
Chapter. Born , 1818; died November 19, 1900. 

Wife of . Daughter of Joseph Perry, of Maine 

(1761-1853), and Lucy Holland, his wife. Joseph Perry served valiantly 
for two years in the American army. 

33»570- Mrs. Harriet Avery, Lynn, Pa. Member-at-large. Born 

: living 191 1. Wife of Charles Averv. 
Daughter of Wright Chamberlain (1758-1841) and Mary Billings, li'is 
third wife. Wright Chamberlain served in scouting and guarding 



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prisoners during the Revolution. He was born in Litchfield. Conn.; 
died in Gibson, Pa. Mrs. Avery is a sister of Mrs. Mary Chamberlain 
Clarke, National Number. 28,299. Also of Mrs. Hu4dah A. Chamberlain 
Brown, of Peckville, Pa., 32,688. 

33,577- Mrs. Maria L. A. Cathcart, Columbia. S. C. Columbia 
Chapter. Born February 24, 1815, in Sumter Co., S. C. : died February 
26. 1901. Wife of George H. Cathcart. Daughter of James Spann 
(1757-1833) and Anna Jennings, his wife. James Spann and his three 
brothers served in the Revolutionary War. Maria L. A. Cathcart was 
born on her father's plantation, in Sumter Co., S. C. She was mar- 
ried in 1836. Died in Columbia Co., February 26. 1901. 

33,586. Mrs. Laura B. Hunt Chace, Worcester, Mass. Brattle- 
boro Chapter, Vermont. Born in Coldbrook, 1820; died 1910. Wife of 
Horace E. Chace. Daughter of Samuel -Hunt (1754-1840), of Massa- 
chusetts, and Lydia Green, his wife. Samuel Hunt enlisted from Spen- 
cer, Mass.. 1780, for service in Capt. Thomas Whipple's company, doing 
duty at Rutland, Vt., as guards of British prisoners. Samuel was mar- 
ried in Coldbrook to Lydia G. Green. Their daughter, Laura, was edu- 
cated at Coldbrook and at Phillipston Academy. She was married in 
1845 to Horace E. Chace; lived for a time in Paxton and Worcester, 
Mass.; then removed to Brattleboro, Vt. Mr. Chace died in 1868, and 
Mrs. Chace returned to Worcester. Mass. She was a member of Brat- 
tleboro Chapter. 

33,598. Mrs. Betsey Robinson Mead, Waldo, Sheboygan Co., Wis. 
Born , 181 1 ; died 1903. Fort Atkinson Chapter. 

Wife of . Daughter of Peter Robinson, of New 

York (1761-1819), and Phcbe Haight. his wife. Mrs. Mead died at 
Onion River, Wis., 1903, aged 92 years, 4 months, 15 days. 

33.603. Mrs. Elizabeth Ely Butler, Delavan. Wis. Milwaukee 
Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of George Selden 

Butler Daughter of Theodore Gridley (1759-1825) and Amy Ely, his 
wife. 

33,681. Miss Mary Bibb Hall, Millbrook. Ala. Born about 1810; 
living 191 1. Joseph Habersham Chapter. Georgia. Daughter of Boiling 
Hall, of Georgia (i 767-1836) and Jane Abercrombie, his wife. 

33,941. Mrs. Lucinda Ellis Dunlop, Covington, Ky. Jonathan Day- 
ton Chapter, Ohio. Born at Orange Court House, Va., May 26. 1803; 
died 1901. Wife of William T. Dunlop. Daughter of Dudley Brown 
Ellis, of Virginia (1760-1837), and Elizabeth Watts, his wife.' Dudley 
Brown Ellis enlisted from Hanover Co., Va., 1778; died in Campbell 
Co., Ky. He was a pensioner when he died. He married, in 1800, Eliza- 
beth Watts, of Albemarle Co.. Va., and went to Marysville, Ky. Lucin- 
da, the daughter, was sent to a select school, where she learned reading, 
Avriting, arithmetic, grammar and fine needlework, and at the age of 
twelve was considered "finished." At fifteen she married William Stuart 



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Dunlop, a graduate of the Univcrsit}- of Dublin. Mrs. Dunlop saw 
Lafayette in Cincinnati in 1(824. 

32y9^7- Mrs. Phebe R. Irish, Providence, R. I. Pawtucket Chap- 
ter. Born at Little Compton, R. L, 1809, October 18. \\'ife of Perry 
C. Irish. Daughter of Anthony Salisbury, of Rhode Island (b. 1756), 
and Hannah Dedman, his wife. Anthony Salisbury was a soldier in 
Capt. John Topham's company, of Newport. Served in Arnold's expe- 
dition through the wilds of Maine, by way of Dead River, to Quebec. 
Captured at Quebec ; later exchanged and enlisted in Col. William An- 
gell's regiment. I'hebe Salisbury was the youngest of seven children. 
She married, October 27, 1830, Perry C. Irish, of Newport. 

33»999- iMrs. Sally Prouty, Brattleboro, Vt. Brattleboro Chapter. 
Born in Marlboro, Vt., December 15, 1809; died March i, 1904. Wife 
of Fosdick Prouty. Daughter of Amos Prouty, of V^ermont (1764-1841), 
and Phoebe Bartlett, his wife. Amos Prouty was one of the earliest 
settlers in Marlboro, Vt. Sally was one of twelve children. She mar- 
ried Fosdick Prouty, of Spencer. Mass.. who died 1862. Mrs. Prouty 
died March i, 1904. 

34.067. Mrs. Anna Mariah Redding, Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., 
Ga. Joseph Habersham Chapter. Born 1825 ; 

. AVife of Thomas P. Redding (m. 1857). Daughter 
of William Anderson, of Virginia (1763-1844), and Mary Hunnicut, 
his second wife. William Anderson came to Georgia after the Revolu- 
tion and settled in Baldwin County, where he died. Mrs. Redding is a 
sister of Mrs. Lucy Ann Gibson. Milledgeville, Ga., National Number, 
34,068. William Anderson served under General Greene. He, William, 
was of Irish descent, was "a blacksmith, a gunsmith, a cooper, and an 
honest man." 

34.068. Mrs. Lucy Ann Gibson. Milledgeville. Ga. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born 1805: died 1905. Wife of F. M. Gibson. Daugh- 
ter of William Anderson, of Virginia (1763-1844), and Mary Hunnicut, 
his second wife (m. 1806). Mrs. Lucy Ann Gibson was a sister of Mrs. 
Anna Maria Redding. National Number. 34.067. They were survivors 
of a family of fifteen children by the second wife. 

34,070. Mrs. Clarissa Heffner. Atlanta. Ga. Joseph Habersham 
Chapter. Born . 1809; died February 9, 1902. Wife 

of George Hefifner. Daughter of William Jones, of Georgia (died 
182s), and Elizabeth Mastin, his wife. William Jones was born 
in England, came with the British troops to Savannah, and was cap- 
tured by the Americans at the very beginning of the war. It is believed 
that he was on the powder ship taken by Joseph Habersham and Com- 
modore Bowmen. William Jones joined the Americans and fought to the 
end of the war. He received for his services a grant of land in Frank- 
lin Co., Ga.. where he lived and died. 

34,203. Mrs. Susannah Lee Brigham. Worcester, Mass. Old Con- 
cord Chapter. Born , 1811; living 1911. Wife of 



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Calvin Brig-ham. Daug-hter of Amnii Wetherbee and Dolly F'arker, 
his wife. 

34,257. Mrs. Sarah Van Deventer \\'ilcox. New Brunswick, N. J. 
Tenipe Wicke Chapter. Born June 30, 182 1, in Washington, South 
River, N. J.; living 1911. Wife of John Wilcox (m. June 16, 1842). 
Daughter of Christopher Van Deventer, of New Jersey (1755-1840), and 
Elizabeth Lambertson, his second wife. His first wife was Rachel 
Vreeland. Mrs. Wilcox was a half sister of Miss Rachel Van Deventer, 
National Number, 32,554. who was a daughter of the first wife. Chris- 
topher Van Deventer, after the battle of Monmouth, w^as offered a 
lieutenancy, but refused, saying he had not yet won his laurels. His 
three brothers also served in New Jersey regiments. His father, Isaac 
Van Deventer, was made prisoner and carried to the Old Sugar House 
iji New York, where he died. Mrs. Wilcox still lives on the \Vilc(^x 
farm. Her husband died May. 1901. 

34.371- Mrs. Deborah Armitage Young. Philadelphia. Philadelphia 
Chapter. Born Wife of P. S. Young. 

Daughter of Lieut. Shubert Armitage, of Pennsylvania (1756-1823). and 
Sallie Macomber, his second wife (born 1784). Shubert Armitage was 
a cadet under Colonel Thompson, in the Rifle Regiment; served also 
under Colonel Flower; lieutenant under Capt. Wesley Ames, Fourth 
Pennsylvania Artillery, Col. Thomas Proctor. Taken prisoner and con- 
fined in Mill Prison, England, two years and eight months. Had served 
at Litchmore Point, L. 1.; Brandy wine and Germantown. The father 
of Shubert Armitage was a man of means. He disapproved of Shu- 
bert's patriotism, and by will cut him ofT with a four-shilling note. Mrs. 
Young kept the note, and on her death bequeathed it to the Philadelphia 
Chapter. She died January 2S., 1901. 

34,385. Mrs. Harriet Harvey Thompson, Westerly, R. I. Phebe 
Creen \Yard Chapter. Born , 1810; died 1901. Wife of 

. Daughter of Joseph (-larvey (died 1812) 
and Susannah Branian, his Avife. 

34.545. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Bass. Jefferson, Clay Co.. Ga. Born 
about 1825; li\ing 191 1. Joseph Flabersham Chapter. Wife of 

Daughter of Henry Smith (died 1870) and Melissa 
Davis, his wife. 

34.546. Mrs. Maria Rhee Bennett. Baldwyn, Miss. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter, Georgia. Born 1826; living 191 1. Wife 
of . Daughter of .Archibald Johnson (born 
1749) and Elizabeth Caroline (iilmore, his wife. 

34.547. Mrs. Sallie J. Covington, Meadville, \'a. Joseph Ffaber- 
shani Chapter. Born 1805; living 191 1. Wife of 

Daughter of Robert Ferguson, of Virginia (1756-1850), and Bershebia 
Fergu??on, his wife. Mrs. Covington is a sister of Mrs. Tamron F. Jor- 
dan, Milton, N. C, National Number, 34,552. 



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34.549- Mrs. Jane A. Glass, Ponta, Miss. Joseph Habersham Chap- 
ter. Born 1824; living 191 1. Wife of 
Daughter of John Oliver (b. 1763) and Milbrey Scott, his wife. 

34,552. Mrs. Tamron F. Jordan, Milton, N. C. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born 1818; living 1911. Wife of C. S. Jordan. Daugh- 
ter of Robert Ferguson, of Virginia (1756-1850), and Bershebia, his wife. 
Mrs. Tamron F. Jordan is a sister of Mrs. Sallie J. Covington, National 
Number, 34,547. 

34»553- Mrs. Nancy A. Messick, Kentopia, Ala. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born 1805; living 1911. Daughter of Robert Belcher 
(1758-1845) and Nancy Hopkins, his wife. 

34.555. Mrs. Frances G. Monroe, Barksdale, S. C. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born 1835; living 191 1. Wife of 

Daughter of Joseph Griffin, of South Carolina (1761-1850) and Mary 
Black, his third wife. Joseph Griffin entered the Continental armv at 
the age of sixteen, under Col. James Williams; participated in the bat- 
tles of Cowpens, King's ]\lountain, Eutavv Springs and Guilford Court 
House. Mrs. Monroe was the youngest child of Mr. Griffin's third 
wife. He was seventy-four years old at the time of the birth of 
Frances. This "Real Daughter" was lately transferred from Joseph 
Habersham Chapter, Georgia, to the newly-organized chapter named for 
Musgrove's Mill. 

34.556. Mrs. Annie Gross Myers, Colusa, Cal. Joseph Habersham 
Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of J, P. Myers. 
Daughter of Henry Gross (1769-18 ), of Pennsylvania, and Eva Cath- 
erine Slots, his wife. Mrs. Myers was recently enfranchised. 

34.558. Mrs. Rebekah Rose Packard, Covington, Pa. Joseph Ha- 
bersham Chapter. Born October 13, 1795, in Norfolk Township, Litch- 
field County, Conn. Daughter of Russell Rose, of Connecticut, and 
Lydia Orvis, his wife. Daughter of Russell Rose, who was with Wash- 
ington, at Vallev Forge. 

34,629.'^ Mrs. Cynthia Buffington, Wichita, Kan. Eunice Sterling 
Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of John Duffington. 

Daughter of Howell Sellers, (A North Carolina (1762-1842), and Mar- 
garet Conner, his wife. Mrs. Buffington is a sister of Mrs. jane Nighs- 
wonger. Wichita, Kan., National Number, 14.475. 

34,699. Mrs. Lucy M. Bliss, Mittineague, Mass. Mercy Warren 
Chapter. Born 1812. Wife of Luke Bliss. Daugh- 

ter of Pardon Mosher and Sally Garfield, his wife. 

34.939- Miss Mary Jane Lynn, Williamsport, Pa. Lycoming 
Chapter. Born , t8i6. Daughter of John Richie Lynn 

(1755-1847) and Jane Darrough. his wife. John Richie Lynn cjime 
from England as a young man. Served in the Revolutionary war in 
Pennsylvania against the British. He is believed to have had^ no rela- 
tives in this country. His daughter. Miss \\:s.xy Jane Lvnn, was the 
last of her family. 



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35.002. Mrs. Mary Martin Scott, N'ew Waverly. \\'alkcr Co., Texas. 
George Washington Chapter, Galveston. F'orn 1823; 

living I9ri. Wife of James E. Scott. Daughter of Gen. John Archer 
Elmore (1762-1834) and Nancy Martin, his wife. Sister of Mrs. Annie 
Elmore Hearne, Montgomery, Ala., National Number, 35,690. 

35,015. Mrs. Susan E. fleald. Chester, Vt. Ann Story Chapter. 
Born , 1815: died 1905. Wife of Warren He-aid. 

Daughter of George Earl. Jr. (1759-1847), and Elizabeth Young, his 
wife. 

35,080. Mrs. Rebecca L. Chalker, Crittendon's Mills, Ala. Joseph 
Habersham Chapter. Born . 1818. Wife of 

Daughter of Thomas Land (d. 1822) and Sallie Allen, his wife. Thomas 
Land came to Georgia with the British troops; was taken prisoner; 
joined the Americans and served to the end of the war. For his services 
he received a soldier's bounty, a tract of land in Hancock County. Ga. 

35,187. Mrs. Maria Vomig lierry. Fork Shoals, Greenville Co., S. C 
Joseph Habersham Chapter. Born , 1814; living 191 1. Wife 

of Oliver P. Berry. Daughter of John Young (1762-1835) and Nancy 
Sammon ( ?). his wife. 

35»345- iMrs. Katharine Maria Bishop, South Amherst, Mass. Mary 
Mattoon Chapter. Born . 1828. Wife of 

Daughter of John Nutting, of Massachusetts (1762-1834). and Catha- 
rine Smith, his second wife. 

35.351- Mrs. Rhoda W. Chick, Boston, Mass. Molly Varnum 
Chapter. Born , 1815; died 1906. Wlte of Richard H. 

Chick Daughter of James Wills, of Rhode Island Cdied 1842). and 
Polly Savage, his wife. James Wills (1738-1842) enlTsted in a Rhode 
Lsland regiment, 1781, and served till 1783. Mrs. Rhoda W. Chick 
was a sister of Mrs. Lucy A. W^ Tibbets, Beatrice, Net}.. National Num- 
ber, 57.277. ' J 

35,448. Mrs. Rachel Elting F"erguson, Greenport,'.,^. Y. Hendrick 
Hudson Chapter, Hudson, N. Y. Born 1806: died^i90i. Wife of 

. Daughter of John Elting and Cornelia Hal- 
lenbeck. his wife. Mrs. Ferguson died April 17, 1901, aged 95. 

35,454. Mrs. Mary M. Horton. Rochester, N. Y. Irondequoit Chap- 
ter. Born . 1820. Wife of C. T. Horton. Daughter of 
Alexander Milliner ( i7()0-i865), and Abigail Barton, his wife. 

35.596. Mrs. Hannah A. Southwick. Pawtucket, R. L Pawtucket 
Chapter. Born in Cumberland, R. L, 1815, March 17. Wife of Joseph 
P. Southwick (m. 1840). Daughter of Jonathan Hazleton (died 1840), 
of Massachusetts, and Mary Amsbury, his second wife. Jonathan Hazle- 
ton was born in Haverhill. Mass. ; enlisted at Boston for three years' 
service in a New Hampshire regiment; was with Washington when he 
crossed the Delaware. Mrs. Southwick has a twin brother living, a 
"Real Son." She has three children. She is a member of the Advent 
Church, Providence. 



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35,59^- iNfi's. Kli/.;il)clh TaylDr Cogg-eshall. Newport, R. I. Wil- 
liam Ellery Chapter. Born , 1S33; living 1911. Wife of 
Aaron Coggeshall. Daughter of Joseph Church, of Rhode Island (,1764- 
1840), and Lydia Palmer living, his wife. Joseph Church was a pri- 
vate in the Rhode Island Militia. Received a pension from the United 
States Government. Buried in Little Compton, R. I. His grave has 
been marked by the William Ellery Chapter. 

35,678. Mrs. Polly Fite, Jacksonville, Ala. General Sumter Chap- 
ter. Born in Lincoln County, N. C, 1798. Wife of Pleasant Fite. 
Daughter of John Armstrong, of North Carolina (died 1850), and 
Mary (Polly), his wife. John Armstrong, of North Carolina, entered the 
Revolutionary service as a captain, and rose to the rank of colonel. Mrs. 
Fite came with her husband, Pleasant Miller Fite, to Alabama in 1845. 
They were pioneers in this section. They had seven children. Mrs. P'ite 
has a sister, Mrs. Anna P>enton, who became a member of the National 
Society. D. A. R.. in North Carolina. Mrs. Fite is a devout member 
of the Baptist Church. 

35,6go, Mrs. Annie H. Elmore Hearne, Montgomery, Ala. Peter 
Forney Chapter. Wife of . Born 

1829; died June 7, 1907, at Mountain Creek, Ala. Daughter of Gen. John 
Archer Elmore (1762-1834) and Anne Martin, his wife. Gen. John 
Archer Elmore is buried in Elmore County. yVla. b'ollowing is the in- 
scription copied from his tombstone: "In Memory of Gen. James Ar- 
cher Elmore, who was born in Prince Edward County, Va., August the 
21 St, 1762. and died in Autauga County, Ala., April the 24th. 1834, a^ed 
71 years 8 months and 3 days. He was a soldier of the Revolution in the 
\ irginia Line, and afterwards member of the Legislature of South Caro- 
lina and a General in the Militia. He was a member of the Legislature 
<^f Alabama, and filled various other ofifices of Honor and Trust in both 
States. He was an afifectionate husband, a kind and indulgent father 
and a humane master, a devoted friend and a patriot citizen." 

35,754. Mrs. Ruth Maddox, Flowery Branch, Ga. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born . 1815; living 1911. Wife of Dud- 
ley Maddox. Daughter of Nathan Dobbs (b. 1755; d. 1856) and Fanny 
Young, his wife. 

35.755- ^^I's. Polly Phipi)s, Barnesville. N. C. Joseph Habersham 
Chapter. Born , 1812. Wiie of 

Daughter of John Allen, of North Carolina (1756-1860). and Patty 
Turner, his wife. Mrs. Polly Phipps was a sister of Mrs. Paulina Wil- 
son, National Number, 35,756. 

35»756. Mrs. I'aulina Wilson. Cane River. N. C. Born 
1816; died 1900. Wife of . Daughter of John 

Allen, of North Carolina (1756-1860). and Patty Turner, his wife. Mrs. 
Paulina Wilson was a sister of Mrs. Polly Phipps, National Ntmiber, 
35755- 



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35,757- ^^'■s- Mary Story, Newnan, Ga. Joseph Habersham Chap- 
ter. Born , 1807; died 1902. Wife of 
Daughter of Andrew Thompson (1762-1819) and Mary McBride. his 
wife. Andrew Thompson, when a boy of fourteen, was sent to the mill 
with corn to be ground for the Continental soldiers. He was captured 
and held a prisoner by the British. 

35,980. Mrs. Nancy Wolcott Squire, Oberlin, Ohio. Western Re- 
serve Chapter. Born ' , 1834; living 191 1. Wife of Samuel 
Squire. Daughter of Josiah Wolcott (1755-1822) and Patience Craps, 
his wife. 

36,122. Mrs. Mary S. McNeely. Sugar Valley, Ga. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born' , I797- Wife of John McNeely. 
Daughter of Richard Scruggs, of South Carolina (1758-1832), and Sarah 
I ones, his wife. 

36,236, Mrs. Harriet Elkins Sprague Cady, Westboro, Mass. Col. 
Timothy Bigelow Chapter. Born in Peachani, Caledonia Co., Vt., 1825; 
died 1905. Wife of Rev. Daniel Reed Cady. Daughter of Col. Jonathan 
Elkins, of Vermont (1761-1852), and Eunice Stoddard Sprague, his sec- 
ond wife. Jonathan Elkins, 1778, served in Captain Ladd's company, 
Bedell's regiment. In 1780, as pilot for Captain Stone's scouts. In 1781 
was captured by the British, taken to Quebec; thence sent to England 
and confined in Mill prison, Plymouth, for six months. Here the pris- 
oners organized schools. There were among them "40 captains of 
vessels and others of learning," and "those who had no learning, and 
could pay 4 coppers a week, for a master, could have a school." Many 
prisoners learned to read and write. In 1837, Col. Jonathan Elkins 
moved to Albion. N. Y. Harriet, his daughter, was educated at Phipp's 
Union Seminary and at Le Roy Young Ladies' School, completing the 
course in the latter, 1845. ^^""e was married to the Rev. Daniel Reed 
Cady, a graduate of Williams College, and of Andover Theological Sem- 
inary. They had three children. Mrs. Cady was also a member of the 
D. R. Society. Pier number was 3410. 

36,251. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fletcher Todd. Rindge, N. H. Pru- 
dence Wright Chai)ter, Pepperill, Mass. Born at Westfield. Mass., May 
I, 1816. Wife of George W. Todd (m. October 7. 1852). Daughter of 
Joshua Fletcher, of Massachusetts (1760-1843), and Lucy Jones, his 
wife. Joshua Fletcher served three years in the Revolutionary War. 
He was at the battle of White Plains and witnessed the surrender of 
Burgoyne. Mary Elizabeth Fletcher married Deacon Joseph Wether- 
bee, of Ashburnham. Mass., April 18, 1844. He died 1847 and the 
widow married Mr. Todd October 7, 1852. 

36,306. Mrs. Harriet Morton Gilbert, Boston, Mass. Member-at- 
large. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of 

Daughter of Silas Morton (1752-1840) and Elizabeth Foster, his wife. 
Silas Morton served as a minute man at the siege of Boston, and was 
commissioned lieutenant in Capt. George Dunham's company, Col. John 



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Uailcv's regiment, i/J/. He served as a dispatch Ijearer for Washington 
in the Jersey campaign; was at X'alley Forge and Stony Point. He 
was at Yorktown, and received from Lafayette a sword captured from 
the British. At the evacuation of New York he was adjutant, and his 
order book and sword are in possession of the family. He was a 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

36,392. Mrs. Esther Webb Webb, Adams Center, N. Y. Deborah 
Champion Chapter, New^ York. Born , 1818. Wife 

of Reuben Webb. Daughter of William Webb, of Connecticut (1738- 
1824), and Esther Eastman, his third wife. William Webb was a lands- 
man on the "Trumbull," Continental frigate. Time of entry. April 17, 
1777. He was captured and imprisoned on one of the prison ships, 
from which, with three others, he made his escape. The "'IVumbull" 
was captured off the Capes of the Delaware, 1781. Webb made his 
escape by jum])ing overl)oard from the prison ship. A P>ritish sailor 
struck at him with a boat honk, and Webb carried the mark as long as 
he lived. Esther W^ebb was the youngest child of the third wife. 

36,582. I\Irs. Susanna Atwater (Jillett, Kenosha, Wis. Oshkosh 
Chapter. 15orn in (Jenoa, N. Y., 1810; died June 15, 1905. Wife of Judge 
Gurden Gillett. Daughter of John Atwater (1757-1838), of Connecti- 
cut, and Eucy Davis, his second wife. John Atwater, a student at Yale, 
enlisted and served to the end of the Revolutionary War. He acted as 
a message bearer from Lafayette to Washington. John was in the 
battle of White Plains. He was one of the original members of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. After the war he returned to Yale and worked 
^is way through college, after wldch lie married and settled in Genoa. 
N. Y. Susanna, his daughter, married in 1836 Gurden Gillett; lived in 
Courtland, then in Genoa, when, in 1848, Mr. and Mrs. Gillett came to 
Wisconsin, living first in Wheatland, then in Kenosha, where Judge 
Gillett died in 1899. Mrs. Gillett is a sister of Mrs. Sarah Atwater 
Ward. National Number, 91,938; also a member of Oshkosh Chapter. 
They have a brother, John Atwater, Jr., of Newark, N. J., a "Real 
Son." 

36,611. Mrs. Hannah Green Robbins, East Thompson, Corin. Born 
, 1808. Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter. Wife 
of Ithiel Robbins. Daughter of Joseph (^^reen, of Connecticut (1756- 
1825), and Lydia (jraves, his wife. 

36,713. Mrs. Sabrina Watts Hall. Jonesboro. Maine. Born in New 
Hampshire. Hannah Weston Chapter. Wife of Horace C. Hall. 
Daughter of Capt. Samuel Watts, Jr., of New Hampshire (1755-1850), 
and Polly Noyes, his wnfe. Samuel Watts. Jr., w^as the .son of another 
Samuel Watts. Father and son were in the engagement on Machias 
River, June 12, 1775. when the American captured the British vessel, 
the "Margaretta." Macauley. the English historian, has called this 
engagement "the Lexington of the seas." Mrs. Hall has worked a rug, 



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with the picture of the "Margaretta," as taken from her father's de- 
scription. Her husband was Horace C. Hall, son of Hate Evil Hall. 

36,823. Mrs. Sarah H. Judd, Holyoke, Mass. Mercy Warren Chap- 
ter. Born , 1830; living 191 1. Wife of Andrew T. Judd. 
Daughter of Jedediah Day, of Massachusetts (1755-1839), and Phebe 
(Day) Day, his wife. 

36,827.''''^Mrs. Mary Messenger Thompson, Pittsfield, Mass. Peace 
Party Chapter. Born , 1817; died 1902. Wife of 

. Daughter of John Messenger (1752-1842) and 
Lucy Scott, his wife. Mrs. Mary Messenger Thompson was a sister 
of Mrs. Caroline Messenger Jennings, National Number, 14,546. 

36,920. Mrs. Lucinda Dawson Pierce, Adams, N. Y. Deborah 
Champion Chapter. Born , 1814; died September 30, 1901. 

Wife of Daughter of James Dawson, of Mas- 

sachusetts (1760-1824), and Lydia Dexter, his wife. He, James, was 
born in Nantucket; died in New York. His name appears, with grade 
of "boy" among the ofificers and crew of the sloop '"Republic," 1776. 
Later his name is on the muster and pay roll of the officers and crew 
of the brigantine "Tyrannicide," 1779, with the grade of "seaman"; 
also with grade of "seaman" on muster and pay roll of the officers and 
crew of the ship "Protector." He was taken prisoner, sent to England, 
afterwards returned and was discharged August 17, 1780. After his 
marriage he settled at Henderson, N. Y. 

36,953- ^Ii'S- Hannah Palmerton Van Dyke, Mayfield, N. Y. Gen- 
eral Richard Montgomery Chapter, New York. Born , i8ro. 
Wife of . Daughter of John Palmerton (1756- 
1824) and Elizabeth Wilsey, his wife. 

37,023. Mrs. Juliana White I-'reshauer, Hillsboro, Ohio. Wah-wil- 
a-way Chapter. Born ,1815; . Wife of A. J. 

I^^reshauer. Daughter of Charles White, of Virginia (1761-1854), and 
Charlotte Downs, his second wife. Charles White is buried in the 
cemetery at Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. Grave is marked with 
a monument erected by his daughter, Mrs. Freshauer, who is still 
living in the neighborhood. Charles White was the youngest of three 
brothers in Westmoreland County, Va. He served as a private in Cap- 
tain Kendall's company, Colonel Skinner's regiment, Virginia troops. 
Was at Yorktovvn. His brothers, Sam.uel and John, fell. Charles mar- 
ried, first, Sarah Monroe, sister of President James Monroe, and emi- 
grated to Kentucky with Daniel Boone. Settled at Lexington and -helped 
organize the First M. E. Church. He married, second, Charlotte Downs, 
whose father fell at Bryan's Station. In 1808 Mr. White emancipated 
his slaves and removed to Greenfield, Oliio. Held Methodist services 
in his house for twenty years. He was a i)ensioner in 1832. Three of 
his sons fell in the War of 1812. Mrs, Freshauer is the last of her 
family. 



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37,025. Mrs. Julia A. Gall Williams, North Uniontown, O'hio. 
Wah-wil-a-way Chapter. Born , 1827, Wife of Levi 

Williams. Daughter of George Gall, of Virginia (i 766-1851), and 
Catharine Roads, his second wife. Mrs. Julia A. Gall Williams is the 
youngest of twenty-three children. Her father, George Gall, volunteered 
young and was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis. 

37,113. Mrs. Fanny Elizabeth Glenn Stewart, Luray, Virginia. 
Born , 1824; living, 191 1. Massanutton Chapter. Wife 

of James Erskine Stewart. Daughter of Lieut. James Glenn, of Vir- 
ginia, and Ruth Burns, his second wife. James Glenn carried dispatches 
during the Revolution. Afterwards, in 1793, served on the Pennsylvania 
frontier. His commission, signed by Washington, and his orders, signed 
by Knox, are in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Stewart. Lieutenant 
Glenn was commissioned in the Fourth Sub-Legion, U. S. James Glenn 
was born in Jefferson County, Va., 1764:; ran away from home at the 
age of sixteen to join General Greene's army. Later served under Gen- 
eral St. Clair. At the age of sixty-three, Lieutenant Glenn married, as 
his second wife, Ruth Burns, aged nineteen. Their daughter. Fanny, 
born 1824, was educated at Miss English's school, Georgetown, D. C. 
Miss Glenn married Judge James Erskine Stewart, eminent in law and 
literature. Mrs. Stewart has a brother, a "'Real Son," Capt. James W. 
Glenn, of Jefferson County, a Confederate veteran. 

37,544. Mrs. Eliza Majors Carlton, Nevvuan, Ga. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born , 1807. Wife of Thomas W. Carl- 
ton. Daughter of Lieut. Samuel D. Majors, of Virginia (1762-1842), 
and Elizabeth Green, his wife. Lieut. Samuel D. Majors resided in 
Halifax County, Va., in 1776. At the age of sixteen he was a volunteer 
in the Revolution. Later, an officer in the War of 1812. Mrs. Carlton 
removed with her husband, Thomas Watts Carlton, from Virginia to 
Oglethorpe County, Ga., 1826, and to Coweta County, 1846. Her hus- 
band died, 1862. She has numerous children, grandchildren and great- 
grandchildren. 

37»545- Miss Sallie A. Copeland, Round Hill, Va. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born , 1807; . Daughter of James 
Copeland (1759-1838) and Sarah Akers, his wife. 

37.546. Airs. Regina Hill Daniels. Grandview\ Texas. Joseph Fla- 
bersham Chapter, Georgia. Born , 1814; living 191 1. Wife 
of . Daughter of Hiram Hill (1760- 
185 t) and Millie Shelton, his wife (died 1820). 

37.547. Mrs. Mary C. R. Griffin, Blaine, Ga. Joseph Habersham 
Chapter. Born , 1823; living 1911. Wife of 
Daughter of George Roberts (1752-1863) and Polly Hines King, his 
wife. 

37.548. Mrs. Sarah D. Matthews, Columbus, Ga. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born : living 1911. Wife of 
Daughter of Benjamin West (1767-1830) and Sarah Dinkins, his wife. 



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37,551- Miss Elizabeth Gilbert, Philaflelphia. Joseph Habersham 
Chapter, (icorgia. Born in Philadelphia, 1810. Daughter of Michael Gil- 
bert, of Pennsylvania ( 1752-1842), and Rose Kcyser, his wife. Miss Gill)crt 
died in Philadelphia. (Jctober 22, 1905. 

37,552. Mrs. Rebecca Gilbert Whilldin. Philadelphia. Joseph Ha- 
bersham Chapter. Born in Philadelphia. 1832; died 1907. Wife of 
Robert G. Whilldin. Daughter of Michael Gilbert, of Pennsylvania 
(1752-1842), and Rose Keyser, his wife. Mrs. Whilldin died October 
8, 1907. Jn early life Mrs. WMiilldin was a teacher. She was principal 
of Alount X^ernon Grammar School, Philadelphia. 

37, . .Mrs. Hannah Yeates Long, Philadelphia. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1799; died 1901. Wife of 
Long. Daughter of Joseph Yeates, of P'ennsylvania, and Sophie Klein 
(Cline), his wife. Jt)se])h Yeates served as a private in the Pennsylvania 
Militia, Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, T777-78. Sophie Klein 
was a Revolutionary heroine. .She carried information regarding the 
British movements in and about Philadelphia to Washington Mhile en- 
camped at the "Crooked Billet," now Hatboro. Montgomery Co., Pa. 
Sophie and her sister Mary, with a negro maid, had driven into the city 
to market, with chickens to sell. They sold the chickens, and with the 
money bought cloth, which they intended to make up into suits for 
American soldiers. In order to get the cloth home, without attracting 
undue attention, the young heroines resolved to cut the roll into breadths, 
baste them up like petticoats and wear them. Accordingly, the girls went 
to a hotel on Second Street, took a room for the three, and sat up half 
the night basting their petticoats. W'hile so engaged, they overheard 
several British officers conversing — and from the conversation gathered 
information of value to the Americans. Early the next morning the 
girls' wagon went up the Old York Road without attracting any at- 
tention whatever. 

37.591. Mrs. Charlotte B. E. I'oucher. Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Columbia Chapter, South Carolina. Born , 1821 : living 
191 1. Wife of Richard M. Poucher. Daughter of Jacob Esselstyn, Jr. 
(1762-1850), and Mary Van Deusen, his wife (born 1781 ). Mrs. Poucher 
is a sister of Mrs. Caroline M. E. Coon. National Number, 37,592. 

37.592. Mrs. Caroline M. E. Coon, New Hamburg. N. Y. Columbia 
Chapter, South Carolina. Born , 1817; living 1911. Wife 
of John Coon. Daughter of Jacob Esselstyn. Jr. (1762-1850), and IVfery 
Van Deusen (born 1781), his wife. Mrs. Coon is a sister of Mrs. Char- 
lotte B. E. I\)ucher. National Number. 37,591. 

37,694. Mrs. Alice E. Erink Taft, Spencer. Mass. Colonel Timothy 
Bigelow^ Chapter. Born , 1817; died .-Xugust 10. 1906, 

aged 89. W^ife of Israel Taft. Daughter of Dr. Samuel Erink (1763- 
1846) and Susanna Foster, his wife. Dr. Sarnucl Erink, of Rutland, 
served in the Revolutionary W^ar. He was a son of the Rev. Thomas 
Erink, the first ordained minister in Rutland. 



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37,9o8. Mrs. Sarah Rockvvood Burgess, Bennington. Vt. Benning- 
ton Chapter. Born 1815; died April 14, 1905. Wife of Richmond Bur- 
gess. Daughter of Samuel Rockwood, of Massachusetts (1757- 1844), 
and Sarah Chilson, his wife. 

37,942. Mrs. Evalina H. Wheeler. National Home, Milwaukee 
County, Wis. Milwaukee Chapter. Born : living 191 1. 

Wife of William Wheeler. Daughter of Martin Lewis (1761-1854) and 
Abigail Thayer, his wife. 

38,009. Mrs. Julia Watkins Brass, Chicago, 111. Chicago Chapter. 
Born in Trenton, New York, 1818; died 1907. Wife of Allen H. Brass. 
Daughter of Oliver Watkins, of Massachusetts (1759-1833), and Lucy 
Looner, his second wife. Oliver Watkins was born in Berkshire Coun- 
ty, Mass. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the troops of the Mas- 
sachusetts Line, and served till the close of the war. About 1795, he 
joined a party of settlers who went to W^estern New York. His family 
gave the name to Watkin's Glen. Three years later he returned to Mas- 
sachusetts, and married, as his second wife, Lucy Looner, whom he 
had known from childhood. He resided for a time at Trenton, N. Y., 
where he built the first L'nitarian Church; later he went to Oswego. 
N. Y., where he died. Julia Watkins, the youngest child, but one. of 
the second wife, was born at Trenton, N. Y. She was married to Al- 
len PL Brass, in 1840, and went with him to Lake County, Indiana, 
where they endured the hardships of the pioneer. For the last thirty 
years of her life, Mrs. Brass resided in Chicago, where she was a de- 
voted member of St. Paul's Universalist Church. Lucy Looner Wat- 
kins, residing in North Township, Lake County, Indiana, received a 
pension in the early 50's as the widow of Oliver Watkins. Mrs. Brass 
died at the residence of her daughter, April 14, 1907. 

38,023, Mrs. Mary Ann Harmon Meredith, Rockford, Illinois, 
Rockford Chapter. Born in Suffield, Conn., 1815; living 1911. Wife 
of Samuel Meredith. Daughter of Jehial Harmon, of Connecticut (1762- 
1845). and Elizabeth West, his wife. Jehial Harmon is buried in the 
West Side Cemetery. Rockford, 111. On Flag Day, June 14, 1902, Rock- 
ford Chapter placed a tablet upon his monument with the following 
inscription: — "A. D. 1902, Rockfoi'd Chapter. Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, placed this tablet over the grave of Jehial Harmon, in 
memory of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War." A 
daughter (Mrs. Meredith), a grand-daughter, and a great grandson wit- 
nessed the ceremony. Mrs. Meredith has been a resident of Rockford 
since 1845. Her father came to Rockford, at the age of eighty-three, 
whither some of his family had preceded him. liis daughter, Mary, Avas 
the seventh of a family of nine. She married, first, Wm. Johnson, who 
died 1863 : second, in 1867, Samuel Meredith, who died 1886. , 

38,051. Mrs. Augusta Bellinger Cheney, Montgomery, Alabama. 
Oglethorpe Chapter, Georgia. Born 1817. Wife 



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of John Martin Cheyney. Daughter of William Bellinger (1758-1826) 
and Harriet Field, his wife. 

38,178. Mrs. Almira Monroe Dusenbury, South Bk)omfield, On- 
tario County, New York. Irondequoit Chapter, Rochester, N. Y. 
Horn 181 7; died January 16, 1903. Wife 

of . Daughter of Samuel Monroe, 

of Massachusetts (1759-1855) and Martha, his wiie. Samuel Monroe 
enlisted at Upton, Mass., w^hen sixteen, and served with the Massa- 
chusetts Troops. Also, served in the War of 1812. 

38,699. Miss Susanna Chadwick, Emporium, Penna. Tidiijute 
Chapter. Born 1816. Daughter of Elihu Chad- 

wick (1759-1873) and Rebekah Jeffrey, his wife (born 1774). Elihur 
Chadwick, of New York, died in Smethport. Pa. Miss Chadwick was 
also a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. Also,, 
a United States pensioner. In the D. R. Society, her number was 3059, 
She Avas well educated, and in early life had been a teacher. In one line^ 
'she was a descendant of Elder Brewster. 

38,772. Mrs. Elizabetii E. Kimbell, Gaffney, South Carolina. Kate 
Barry Chapter, Spartanburg, S. C. Born 1822. 

Wife of . Daughter of Peter En- 

loe (born 1765) and Nancy Chumner, his wife, (1798-1863). 

38,999. Mrs. Lydia Ransom Kridler, Polo, Ogle County, Illinois. 
R(Khelle Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania, 1815; died 1906. Wife of 
John Kridler. Daughter of Col. George Palmer Ransom (1762-1850) 
of the Wyoming Valley, Pa., and Elizabeth Lamoreaux, his second wife. 
George Palmer Ransom was a member of the company of his father, 
Capt. Samuel Ransom (1737-78), and helped bury the dead after the 
massacre. He was taken prisoner, endured privation in Canada, finally 
escaped, and served to the close of the war. He died in Plymouth, Pa., 
at Ross Hill. He escaped from Montreal, crossing the St. Lawrence 
on a raft, and made his way through the wilds to Lake Champlain, 
and to Putney, Vt. Later, served in Sullivan's Expedition. His daugh- 
ter, Lydia, was born in Luzerne County, 1815; married John Kridler, 
in 1835; came to Illinois, in 1853. ^^^'- Kridler died 1897. 

39»3i7- Mrs. Hannah D. Vanderford. Zeleski, Vinton County, Ohio. 
Member-at-large. Born 181 5. Wife of 

. Daughter of Conner Dowd 
(1757-1839), and Hannah Graves, his wife (died 1861). 

39,331. Mrs. Nancy Macomber Hawkins, Harrisburg, Pa. Har- 
risburg (Chapter. Born 1818: died March 29, 1907. 

Wife of . Daughter of Dr. Zenas Ma- 

comber, of Connecticut (1754-1831), and Llannah Hough, his wife. 
Mrs. Nancy Macomber Hawdcins was a sister of Airs. Hannah Macomber 
Hess. National Number, 24,926. 

39,342. Mrs. Anne S. PTeckler. Greensburg, Penna. Phoebe Bay- 
ard (Chapter. Born in Lebanon County, May 21, 1818. Wife of John 



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A. Heckler. Daughter of Henry Stager, of Pennsylvania (1759-1841) 
and Barbara Sweitzer, his wife (died 1850). Henry Stager was a 
tifer during the Revolution, and lived to receive a pension for his ser- 
vices. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa.; died in East Liberty. 
July 19, 1841. He was buried, with the honors of war, in the German 
graveyard, near Brilliant Station, Allegheny County, Pa. He had 
three brothers, Peter, Jacob and Philip Stager, who served in the Rev- 
olutionary War. Anne was the youngest child of Henry Stager. She 
was born in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pa., May 2i, 
1818; married John A. Heckler; at East Liberty, Feb. 14, 1838. Mr. 
Fleckler died June 10, 1888. One son, Henry Stager Heckler is buried 
beside his grandfather, Henry Stager. 

39,613. Mrs. Eunice Ann Eliza Wilber Prentice, Pittsfield, Mas- 
sachusetts. Peace Party Chapter. Born 1833. 
Wife of Horace Prentice. Daughter of Joseph Wilber (1751-1842) and 
Elizabeth Kittrick, his second wife. Joseph Wilber was born in Chat- 
ham, N. Y., December 23, 1751. He enlisted at the age of twenty-five, 
and served several terms. He was at the Battle of Bemis Heights, and 
after the Surrender of Burgoyne, assisted in taking the colors. His 
second wife, Elizabeth Kittrick lived at Saratoga Springs. 

39,615. Mrs. Priscilla Earle Springer Grinnell, Fall River, Mass. 
yue(|uechan Chapter. Born in Tiverton, R. L, 1817; died April 7, 1907. 
Wife of David Grinnell (m. 1847). Daughter of Knight Springer (1764- 
■1850), and Sarah Manchester (1787-1847), his second wife. Mrs. Grin- 
nell was the youngest of eighteen children. Knight Springer enlisted 
as drummer in Capt. William Tew's Company, Colonel Angell's Rhode 
Island Regiment, 1775. Served five years; also as fifer in same company. 
1780-81 ; private. 1782. Was in battles at Yorktown and Springfield. 
Received a pension for his services. Flis daughter, FViscilla, was married 
three times, Mr. Grinnell being her third husband. 

39,976. Mrs. Ann Rebecca M. Randall, Worcester, Massachusetts. 
Captain John Joslin, Jr., Chapter. Born in Mass., 1825. Wife of James 
M. Randall. Daughter of Thaddeus Munroe, of Massachusetts (1762- 
1846), and Rebecca Locke, his wife (1784-1846). 

40,044. Mrs. Elizabeth Hood Perkins, Pasadena, California. Ben- 
jamin Prescott Chapter, New York. Born 

1833. Wife of Franklin Perkins. Daughter of William Hood (1762- 
1858) and Polly McLean, his wife (1792-1851). 

40,118. Mrs. Hope Thurber W'illiams, Providence. Rhode Island. 
Gaspee Chapter. Born 1814. Wife 

of Earned Williams. Daughter of Squire Thurber, of Rhode Island 
(1759-1837) and Catharine Thurber, his wife (1776-1864). 

40,208. Mrs. Lucretia Holley Towne, Darien, Connecticut. Stam- 
ford Chapter. Born 1809. Wife of 

Daughter of John Holley (1760-1848) 
and Elizabeth Powers, his wife. 



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40,268. Mrs. Lydia Moss Bradley, Peoria, Illinois. Peoria Chap- 
ter. Born 1816; died 1908. Wife of Tobias 
L. Bradley. Daughter of Zeally Moss, of Virginia (1755-1829), and 
Jeannette Glascock, his second wife (1776- 1864). Zeally Moss served 
as captain in Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Bradley 
was a millionaire philanthropist. She gave to Peoria 145 acres of 
beautiful land, named in honor of her daughter, who died in 1864, 
the "Laura Bradley Park." The Bradley Polytechnic Institute, and 
the Bradley Home for Aged Women were other gifts of this generous 
benefactor; also, "The ^Horological Institute." Her father is buried 
in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria. Zeally Moss enlisted from Loudon 
County, Va., 1777; in 1780, was wagon-master, later captain. He 
was at Yorktown, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. After 
peace was established he entered the Baptist ministry and removed to 
Kentucky. Later, on account of his opposition to slavery, settled in 
Indiana. 

40,485. Mrs. Harriet Louisa Waite, Dublin, New Hampshire. 
Ashuelot Chapter. Born ; died October 2, 1906. 

Wife of Thomas Barge Waite. Daughter of John Snow. John Snow 
enlisted when a lad and served at the Lexington and Bennington Alarms. 
He was born in Sterling, Mass.. 1760; d'nd at Dublin, N. H., 1841. He 
served as a private in the Massachusetts Militia, and received a pen- 
sion at the age of seventy-two. He was married twice. 

40,555. Mrs. Mary Birch Dudley, Plattsburg, Missouri. St. Louis 
Chapter. Born in Kentucky, 181 8; died 191 1. Wife of Abram P. Dud- 
ley. Daughter of Thomas Erskine Birch (1756-1821), and Mary M. 
Miller, his second wife. Thomas Erskine Birch was born in the Island 
of Jamaica ; educated at Oxford L'niversity, England : ordained a clerg^'- 
man. He was rector of a church in Richmond, Va., before the Rev- 
olution. At the outbreak of the war, he laid aside his gown, and en- 
listed as an ensign in the Virginia navy, under John Paul Jones. In 
1800, married SMary M. Miller, and went to Mason County, Ky.. 
where he established the Washington University. Mary was the young- 
est of ten children. She was married twice, Mr. Dudley being her 
second husband. She married in 1839, Abram P. Dudley, nephew of the 
well-known Baptist minister, the Rev. Thomas F. Dudley. 

40,563. Mrs. Margaret Rowland Rayner, Greenport, L. I., New 
York. Member-at-large. Born 1820: living 191 1. 

Wife of Isaac Rayner. Daughter of Thomas Wood Rowland (1758- 
1836), and Mary Hubbard Hand, his second wife (1784-1870). 

40,578. Mrs. Nancy D. Pearl, Fulton, Morrow County, Ohio. Born 
in Ohio, 1808: died 1902. New Connecticut Chapter, Ohio, Painesville. 
Wife of William Pearl. Daughter of Peter Doty, of New^ Jersey (1757- 
1848), and Susanna M. Boils, his wife. Peter Doty served in the Rev- 
olutionary War form Sussex County, New Jersey. He died in Mor- 
row County, Ohio. Nancy was born in Pleasant township, Knox Coun- 



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ty, Ohio. The Indians frequently visited Nancy's home. One of her 
brothers fought in the War of 1812. She was married to William 
Pearl, 1825, and removed to Fulton County. Mr. Pearl died in 1862, 
forty years before his wife. Mrs. Pearl was a member of the Christian 
Church, fifty-tive years. 

40.694. ' Miss Sabrina A. Martin, Hand's Cove, Vermont. Hand's 
Cove Chapter. Born in C^rwell, Vt., 181 2. Daughter of Wheeler Mar- 
tin, of Connecticut (1765-1844) and Lucena Wright, his second wife 
(died 1844). Wheeler Martin, at an early age, was left an orphan, 
and was adopted by General Tyler, of Connecticut. Taken into the 
army with this general, he, Wheeler, acted as messenger, and carried 
dispatches in cipher, which the general taught him to read. At the age 
of sixteen, Wheeler Martin enlisted as a soldier. After the war, he re- 
moved to Vermont, where he became an extensive land-owner. Martin 
Pond is so called on account of his owning nearly all the land around 
it. Miss Martin cared for her parents in their declining years. She 
was long an enthusiastic church worker. At the age of ninety, she was 
able to write cipher dispatches as taught her by her father. 

40.695. Mrs. Betsey B. Kemp, Montpelier, Vermont. Born at 
Ackworth, N. H., 1820; died 1906. Marquis de Lafayette Chapter. 
Wife of Phineas Allen Kemp. Daughter of Lemuel Blanchard (1763- 
1855) and Margaret Witherspoon Davidson, his second wife (1777- 
1840). Lemuel Blanchard enlisted at sixteen, from Shutesbury, Mass., 
in Capt. Lyman's Company, in Hampshire County Regiment, under Col. 
Elisha Porter. He was discharged August 31, 1779. After the war 
he removed to Ackworth, Vermont ; died at the residence of his daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Kemp, in W^orcester, Vt., 1855. Betsey Blanchard was mar- 
ried, 1840, to Phineas A. Kemp, and thereafter resided in Worcester, Vt., 
until 1898, when Mr. and Mrs. Kemp removed to Montpelier. Mrs. 
Kemp died in 1906, survived by her husband. Dr. Dean G. Kemp, a 
well known physician, of Montpelier, was one of their sons. Lemuel 
Blanchard, father of Mrs. Kemp, had a brother, Aaron, who also served 
in the Revolutionary War. 

40,928. Mrs. Elmira S. Frazer (Fraisier), St. Clair, Michigan. St 
Clair Chapter. Born 1818; died 1907. Wife of Nathaniel Fraisier (m. 
1840). Daughter of John Sutlief, of Connecticut and New York, and 
Hephsibah Storey, his wife. Mrs. Fraisier was born in Johnstown, 
Montgomery County, N. Y., November 28, 1818. Her father, John 
Sutlief, served under Washington, in the Revolutionary War, and un- 
der Putnam in the War of 1812. Her family were early settlers in St. 
Clair County. Mrs. Fraisier was a devoted member of China Church. 
Adam Charge, Port Huron District. Elmira was the youngest of seven 
children. From Connecticut, the family went to New York State, and 
resided near Sackett's Harbor. At twenty-two, she married Mr. Frais- 
ier. In 1849, he went to California, with the first gold-seekers, but 
returned at the end of two years. Mr. and Mrs. Fraisier then started 



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for Michigan, as pioneers. Mr. Fraisier died in 1864; and Mrs. Frais- 
ier, June 20, 1907. After her husband's death, Mrs. Fraisier successfully 
managed a large farm. She was an oUl-time "herb doctor.'" 

41,088. Mrs. Sarah A. Ross, Greensburg, Pa. Phoebe Bayard 
Chapter. Born October i, 1807. Wife of Thomas Ross. Daughter of 
Thomas Atchison, of Pennsylvania. Thomas Atchison served in Capt. 
David Marshall's Company, Fifth Battalion, Cumberland County, Penn- 
sylvania Militia, under Col. Mitchell. Settled in Westmoreland Coun- 
ty, Pa. Died in 1836, and was buried at Old Fairfield Presbyterian 
Church, Ligonier Valley. 

41,155. Mrs. Elizabeth Louetsie Seaward, Stevens Point, Wiscon- 
sin. Stevens Point Chapter. Born in Eaton, Madison County, N. Y., 
August 5, 1825. Wife of Daughter of 

Thomas Omans, of New York, and Mary Peet, his wife. Thomas 
Omans enlisted at sixteen, and served seven years under General 
Sullivan. Mr. Omans was First Orderly Sergeant in a company of 
large picked men, called "Cushing's Lions." At sixteen, he was six 
feet tall. He died at Eaton, N. Y., 1841 ; aged eighty-two. His wife 
was the daughter of Stephen Peet, a Revolutionary soldier. His daugh- 
ter, Elizabeth, married, first, Moses Stewart, a cousin of Mrs. Emily 
Judson, the poet and missionary. Mr. Seaward was her second hus- 
band. 'Mrs. Seaward was an early and successful book canvasser and 
built up a home through her own exertions. 

42,068. Mrs. Clarissa Peck Smith, Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode 
Island. Bristol Chapter. Born 1812; died 1902. Wife of Robert T. 
Smith. IDaughter of Joel Peck, of Rhode Island (1758-1833). and his 
wife (1774-1864). Joel Peck served in a Rhode Island Regiment during 
the Revolution. He drew a pension which was continued to his widow 
until her death. Mrs. Clarissa Peck Smith is the last of eight chil- 
dren. 

42,166. Mrs. Eunice Edwards Lackey, Tampa, Florida. De Soto 
Chapter. Born in Rhode Island, 1804. Wife of Palerme Lackey. 
Daughter of Daniel Edwards, of Rhode Island, and Lois Stillman, his 
second wife (1774-1852). Daniel Edwards (1757-1845) was born in 
Charlestown, R. I., and served in the Revolutionary War, under Cook, 
Clark, Taylor and others, from 1777 to 1781. He received a pension, 
which was continued to his widow. Eunice was the third child of the 
second wife. In 1832, Miss Edwards went to Allegheny County, N. 
Y,, whither two brothers had preceded her, and later married Palerme 
Lackey. They had several children — one son fell in the Civil War. 
Mrs. Lackey was a teacher in early life ; has real artistic ability ; took 
up the Chautauqua Course in 1883. when seventy-nine years old, and is 
described as a "genuine Nineteenth Century Woman." Was a charter 
member of De Soto Chapter, with several nieces. 

42,551.' Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Stewart. Athens, Pa. Tioga Chapter. 
Born in Barton, N. Y., September, 1838: living 191 1. Wife of Adam 



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Stewart. Daughter of John Hyatt, of New York, and Rachel Rolfe, 
his second wife. John Hyatt was born in Westchester County, N. Y., 
July, 1761. His mother died about the time of the outbreak of the 
Revolutionary War, and John went with his father to Bunker Hill as 
drummer. Later, enlisted as private till close of the war. Ann Eliza 
was born when her father was seventy-seven years old. He died April 
24, 1853; aged ninety-one years and nine months. In 1869, Miss Hyatt 
married Adam SteAvart. During the later years of her life has lived at 
Waverly, N. Y. Is a member of Tioga Chapter, at Athens, Pa. 

42,662. Mrs. Sarah E. C. Hatch, Portland, Maine. Elizabeth 
Wadsworth Chapter. Born living 191 1. Wife 

of David D. Hatcl Daughter of Joseph E. Crossman, of Rhode Island. 

42,700. Miss Mary Rebecca Anderson, Auburn, Alabama. Light 
Horse Harry Lee Chapter. Born in Pennsylvania. Daughter of Chas. 
Anderson, of Pennsylvania. Charles Anderson served as a drummer in 
Capt. John Ramsey's Company, Chester County Militia, 1777. See 
Penna. Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIV., p. 78. Miss Anderson went 
South, before the Civil War, to teach languages. 

42,703. Mrs. Frances Belinda Thomas, Auburn, Alabama. Light 
Horse Harry Lee Chapter. Born in Georgia, 1824. Wife of John L. 
Thomas. Daughter of Thomas Moreman, of Maryland, and Rachel 
Simmons, his wife. Mrs. Thomas is living. 191 1. Thomas Moreman 
was born in England, 1746. At the age of eighteen, he joined a ship's 
company, and worked his way to America. At the beginning of the 
Revolutionary War. he enlisted from Maryland, was sergeant major 
in Stephenson's Rifle Regulars, organized 1777, and engaged in the 
battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Monmouth and iEutaw 
Springs. After the war, he came to AA^ilkes County, Georgia, where 
he married Rachel Simmons, a girl only thirteen years old. Her fath- 
er's House had been burned by Tories. Mrs. Thomas was the youngest 
of sixteen children. Her father died at his home in Georgia. 1835. 

42,822. Mrs. Delilah Fuller Cuddington, Dixon, Illinois. Dixon 
Chapter. Born in Ohio. 1817: died October 20, 1907. Wife of Mel- 
vin Cuddington. Daughter of John Fuller, of Maryland, and 
Ann Maples, his wife. John Fuller (1764-1844) was sixteen when he 
passed muster by Thomas Rutter. Baltimore County, Md., 1780. Some 
years later, John married Ann Maples, and moved to Ohio. Delilah 
(born 1817) is the youngest of nine children. Her father died 1844, 
at White River, Indiana. Mrs. Cuddington. at the time of her death, 
was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps. 

43,026. Mrs. Jane M. Jones Fitzhugh, Bay City, Michigan. Anne 
Frisby Fitzhugh Chapter. Born near Geneseo, N. Y., 1820; living 191 1. 
Wife of Charles C. Fitzhugh. Daughter of Horatio Jones, of Pennsyl- 
vania (1763). Horatio Jones was a descendant of the well-known Rev. 
Malachi Jones, of Abington township, Philadelphia County (now Mont- 
gomery County), Penna. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, 



Horalio ran away from home; served against the Indians in Western 
New York State, for three years. He was captured by the Indians, 
taken to Canada and later adopted by a Seneca chief. Mr. Jones had 
an opportunity to escape, but concluded he could better serve his coun- 
try by using his influence with the Indians in behalf of the white set- 
tlers. He made many friends among the Indians, one of whom was 
the famous chief, Red Jacket. Mr. Jones, for many years, was inter- 
preter for the Indians, and always proved himself their friend, as well 
as a loyal American. Mrs. Fitzhugh was the youngest of sixteen chil- 
dren. She spent ten years of her yoimg life in boarding school, and 
was well educated for her day, being a fine performer on the harp and 
piano and a skilful needlewoman. At the age of twenty-two, she mar- 
ried Charles Carroll Fitzhugh, great grandson of the Revolutionary her- 
oine, Anne Frisby Fitzhugh. Mrs. Fitzhugh came as a bride to Sag- 
inaw City. In later years, she has resided in Chicago. 

43,070. Mrs. Amanda R. Tillson, Flat River, Missouri. Jefferson 
Cliapter. Born in Warren County, Mo., November 25, 1817; died Feb- 
ruary 7, 1905. Wife of Levi Tillson. Daughter of Thomas Kennedy, 
of South Carolina, and Sarah Gibson, his wiie. Thomas Kennedy en- 
listed from York County, S. C, in 1779. He was in the battle of Brier 
Creek, Georgia, March 3, 1779. This battle was the most disastrous of 
the entire war. The Americans, under Colonel Ashe, of North Carolina, 
were utterly defeated by the British, under General Prevost, and only a 
few of the patriots escaped with their lives. 

43,141. Mrs. Mary Adle Davis, Little Falls, New York. Asten- 
rogen Chapter. Born in Manheim, N. Y. 1807. Wife of Robert J. 
Davis. Daughter of John Adle, of New York. John Adle was born 
in Germany and was brought to New York State by his parents be- 
fore the Revolutionary War. He participated in the bloody struggle 
at Oriskany ; also served at Sackett's Harbor, in the War of 1812. He 
died in 1817. Mrs. Davis has always lived in the same place where 
she was born. 

43,191. Mrs. Sarah H. K. Goler, Rochester, New York. Iron- 
dequoit Chapter. Born . Living 191 1. Wife 

of Louis E. Goler. Daughter of Charles Keyes, of New York. 

43»383- Mrs. Susan E. Ley ford Senter, Rutland, \^ermont. Ann 
Story Chapter. Born September 22, 1808; died January 21, 1904. Wife 
of Senter. Daughter of John Leyford, of New Hamp- 

shire. Her father, John Leyford, served in Col. Reed's Second Reg- 
iment as servant to his father, Lieut. Thomas Leyford. Later, as pri- 
vate in Capt. Benjamin Sia's Company, in Col. Mose% Nichol's Regi- 
ment, on expedition to Rhode Island, .\ugust, 1778. Susan E. Leyford 
was born at Cabot, Vt. ; died at Montpelier, January 21, 1904, at the 
residence of her son, John H. Senter, State Attorney. Mrs. Senter 
was married three times. Mi. Senter being her third husband. She 
married Estes Hatch, in 1827. He died in 1838, and in 1839, she mar- 



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ried D. B. Fitch. She remembered the War of 1812, and heard the 
cannonade on Lake Champlain, 

43>583- Mrs, Lucinda H. McMiillen, Qrawfordsville, Indiana. 
Born in Indiana, 1825. living 191 1. Dorothy Q. 

Chapter, Indiana. Wife of W'illiam McMullen. Daughter of John 
Joseph Michael Hardee, of Virginia, and Lucy Sears, his second wife. 
John Joseph Michael i-lardee (1761-1839) was born in Dinwiddie County. 
Va., and became a soldier at the age of fifteen. He was in the battles 
of Trenton, Yorktown, Long Island and Hanging Rock. Here he was 
captured by the British, who kept him a prisoner four months. After 
the war he went to Indiana. He died at Alamo, having been a pen- 
sioner six years. The name of Jolin Hardee appears on the bronze 
tablet to the memory of Revolutionary Soldiers recently placed in the 
Federal Building, by the Dorothy Q. Chapter, D. A. R. 

43,622. Mrs. Caroline Phebe Hasham Randall, Springfield, Ver- 
mont. Samuel Ashley Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of 
Eugene A. Randall. Daughter of Stephen Hasham (or Hassam) of 
Massachusetts, and Lucy IMiller, his wife. Stephen Hassam was born 
in Boston, Mass. ; Lucy Miller was born in Weatherfield, Vt. Stephen 
acted as aid, and carried water to the soldiers of Copp's Hill Battery, that 
were wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. His father and grandfather 
also served in the War for Independence, although they were of English 
birth. They early cast in their lot with the Americans. Mrs. Randall 
had two brothers who served in the Civil War. 

43,658. Mrs. Matilda Alarkham Smith, Rochester, New York. 
Irondequoit Chapter. Born June 17, 1805; ^i^d IQO.!- (September 22). 
Wife of Dr. Socrates Smith. Daughter of Sergt. William Markham, 
of New Hampshire. William Markham was a Sergeant at the age of 
nineteen. He was at Ticonderoga, Saratoga and W^est Point. In 
1788 he left New Hampshire for the Genesee Valley. He was one 
of the first surveyors of the Phelps and Gorham purchase, and a pioneer. 
The family were on friendly terms with the Indians among whom were 
Red Jacket and an early Indian mail carrier, Tommy Infant. William 
Markham served as a Colonel in the War of 1812, under General Wads- 
worth. At the age of twenty-four, Miss Markham married Dr. Socrates 
Smith, of Clarendon, Vermont. 

43,924. Mrs. Lucy Ann F. Hall, Edgartown, Massachusetts. 
Martha's Vineyard Chapter. Born 1808; died 1906. 

Wife of Dutee J. Hall. Daughter of Samuel Fisher, of Massachusetts. 
Mrs. Hall died February 18, 1906; aged ninety-eight years, two months. 

43,932. Mrs. Fanny Farnham Grant, Methuen, Mass. Samuel 
Adams Chapter. Born 1810; died 1903. Wife of 

Daughter of Timothy Farnham, of Massachusetts. Mrs. Fanny 
Berry Farnham Grant died June 20, 1903 ; aged ninety-four. 

43.975- Mrs. Jane Gray Johnson, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sam- 
uel Ashley Chapter, N. H. Born August 17, ,1821, living 191 1. Wife of 



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. Daughter of Clement Corbin, of New 
Hampshire, and Sabrina Chamberlain, his wife. Clement Corbin, of 
Cuniiecticut, went out on the Lexington Alarm. Served several enlist- 
ments, State and Continental. Was a pensioner at the time of his 
death. 

44,152. Mrs. Mary Melissa Christopher. Athens, Alabama. John 
Wade Keyes Chapter. Born in Alabama, 1841. Living 191 1. Wife of 
William R. Christopher. Daughter of John Favor, of Georgia, and Ma- 
hala Lee, his second wife. John Favor was one of the heroes of Ket- 
tle Creek, Georgia. This battle was fought February 14, 1779, by Gen- 
eral Andrew Pickens, against British and Tories. General Pickens was 
at the head of 500 Americans and was successful. John Favor moved 
from Virginia to Lexington, K}.. thence to Limestone County, Alabama. 
He married in 1836, Mahala Lee, aged twenty-three, he being seventy- 
three years old. Mrs. Christopher was one of four children. She 
married, first, Arthur Reed: second, ^^'ilHam R. Christopher. 

44,230, Mrs. Elsie Eleanor I. Zimmerman, Freeport. Illinois. FLl- 
der William Brewster Chapter. Born 1822: living 191 1. Wife of David 
Zimmerman. Daughter of Nicholas Ickes. of Pennsylvania. Nicholas 
Ickes (1764-1848) at the age of sixteen, served in the Pennsylvania Mil- 
itia. He was born at I^imericktown : died in Ickesburg. Penna. Tie 
was married twice. His first wife was Mary Magdalene Christman (m. 
1785). Nicholas Ickes li\"ed in Chester County. Enlisted at sixteen, 
and served the last three years of the war. Had served at the Battle 
of Brandywine. Elsie Eleanor Ickes was his nineteenth child. He 
moved to Ickesburg. 

44,298. Mrs. Jane Englis Smith. Burlington. Iowa. Stars and 
Stripes Chapter. Born in N. Y.. 1815: died "1908. Wife of W. N. 
Smith. Daughter of Andrew Englis, of Massachusetts (1752-1832), 
and Rachel Moore, his wife. .Andrew Englis was born in Palm, Mass.: 
enlisted as a private in Col. Woodbridge's Massachusetts Regiment: 
was orderly sergeant, 1776: second lieutenant 1776: wounded at the 
Battle of Monmouth: captain. 1777-1783. He married Rachel Moore, 
in Windsor, N. Y., T786 — had thirteen children, of whom Mrs. Jane 
Englis Smith was the youngest. Capt. Englis died 1832. and his wi- 
dow was allowed a pension. Mrs. Englis removed to Upper Alton. Il- 
linois, where she died 1847. ^^Ii's. Smith was married, first, in T835, 
to Henry C. Caswell, of Watertown, N. Y.. and came to LTpper Alton, 
as a i)ioneer bride. Mr. Caswell died, 1844. and in 1849. the widow mar- 
ried Woodbridge N. Smith, of New Hampshire, who died 1851. Mrs. 
Smith long resided at lUirlington, Iowa. She died at Tecumseh. Ne- 
braska, while on a visit to her daughter. June 2^. T908. 

44.654. Mrs. Mary Maria Sprague Sprague. Athens, Ohio. Nal)- 
by Lee Ames Chapter. Born in Canada, t8o8. Resides in New Mex- 
ico. Wife of William R. Sprague. Daughter of Frederick Sprague, 
of Connecticut, and Rebecca Nichols, his wife. Frederick Sprague (1762- 



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1839) ^^■'is born in Vermont. He enlisted at New Milford. Conn., as 
private in Col. Meigs' Regiment: later served in Col. Willett's Regiment; 
fought in the battles of Stony and Johnstown. Resided for a time at 
Lake Sinicoe, Ont., where his twelfth child, Mar}' Maria, was born. In 
1817, he bought land near Bufifalo, N. Y. In 1820, went to Ohio, where 
he died. Mrs. Sprague's husband died in 1882. They were both de- 
scended from William Sprague, one of the founders of Charlestown, 
Mass.. 1629. This "Real Daughter," on her ninety-sixth birthday, re- 
cited a poem composed by herself. 

44,788. Mrs. Hannah W. Fellows, St. Johnsburg, Vt. St. John de 
C reve Coeur Chapter. Born in Chelsea, Vt.. February 14. 1807; died 
May 2'], 1906. \\'ife of Lyman Fellows. Daughter of Theodore Wood- 
ward, of Vermont (1760-1840). and Esther Stark (1766-1816), his wife. 
Theodore Woodward was born in Kent, Conn. ; died in Norfolk. N. Y. 
He enlisted from F^airlee, \'t; served in 1778, 1779 and 1781 on various 
.'^hort tours or alarms, under Captains Phelps, Lovell, Martin and Smith 
and Colonel Wait. In 1781 served as Corporal for three months. Ap- 
jilied for a pension from Norfolk. N. Y., September 25. 1832. His daugh- 
ter, Hannah, lived in Chelsea. Vt.. and in Lyme, N. H. At Lyme she 
was married to Lyman Fellows, of Hanover, N. H., March 6, 1836. Mr. 
Fellows died July 5, 1878, in Concord. Vt.. since which time Mrs. Fel- 
lows resided with her daughter. Mrs. Jason Barrett, of St. Johnsbury. 

44,807. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Crandall, Milwaukee, W^isconsin. Mil- 
waukee Chapter. Born Wife of 
. Daughter of W^illiam D. liegeman, of New York. 

44,851. Miss Frances Lydia Keeler. Norwalk, Conn. Norwalk 
Chapter. Born in Conn., 1825 ; died 1905. Daughter of Justus Keeler, 
of Connecticut, and Charlotte Olmstead. his wife. Miss Keeler was a 
sister of Mrs. Charlotte Keeler Raymond, Norwalk, National Number, 
30,603. Justus Keeler (1750-1821) served as a private in the Ninth Reg- 
iment of Connecticut Militia, 1776. He was born in Wilton, where he 
died. 

44,860. Mrs. justina S. Walton W'ebb. l^'orkland. Alabama. Joseph 
Habershaw Chapter. Ga. Born : living T912. Wife of James D. 

W^ebb. Daughter of William Walttui. of N'irginia. and Justina Louisa 
Sinnick. his wife (m. in Charleston. S. C, February 1807). William 
■ Walton was born in Amherst County, Va.. January 12, 1767. Enlisted in 
1779 in Capt. W. Loving's Company. In May, 1780. enlisted under Cap- 
tain Loving, C<;>lonel Stevens's Regiment. In .September. 1782. enlisted 
under Capt. Jno. Brown, Colonel Cleveland. In March. 1781. under Capt. 
William Cabell. Baron Steuben commanding, engaged in the battles of 
King's Mountain and Yorktown. Residence at limes of enlistment were 
Amherst County, Va., and W^ilkes Countv. N. C. This William W^alton 
\\'as the son of William Walton. Sr.. a Revolution officer (born 1736), 
who served three years from North Carolina, and was taken prisoner 



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at Charleston, S. C, 1780: retired, 1783. Mrs. Webb ha> relatives in 
Philadelphia. 

45,272. Mrs. Jane A. R. McCoy, Decatur, Illinois. Decatur Chap- 
ter. Born 1820; living 191 1. Wife of Haniilti>n 
McCoy. Daughter of James Russell, of Virginia, and his second wUc. 
James Russell lived in Loudon County, X'irginia. The family home- 
stead is near Harper's Ferry, and is still occupied by a cousin of Mrs. 
McCoy. James Russell was at Yorktown, and witnessed the Sur- 
render of Cornwallis. \A^as married twice and had twenty-one chil- 
dren, the second wife being the mother of thirteen. Mr. Russell died 
in 1831 ; aged seventy-seven. Mrs. McCoy came to Macon C\^unty, in 
1856. vShe married Mr. McCoy in 1857; he died in 1878. 

45,472. Mrs. Sarah J. Entrott Horton, Fishkill, New York. Mel- 
zingah Chapter. Born in New York, 1825 ; died 1904. Wife of 

. Daughter of Henry Entrott, of Massachusetts. Henry 
Entrott, born in Ciermany, 1755, was a Hessian soldier. He, with his 
brother, landed in Boston; became so dissatisfied in the British army, 
that they deserted and joined the Americans. Henry enlisted as a pri- 
vate in Capt. Allen's Company, Seventh Massachusetts Regiment. VVas 
at West Point, 1781. Received a pension, 1818. Died in Phillipstown, 
Putnam County, 1837. Sarah, daughter of Henry Entrott, was born 
on the banks of the Hudson, 1825, and resided in this region all her 
life. 

45.521. Mrs. Ann Potter Garvin, Painesville, Ohio. New Connec- 
ticut Chapter. Born 1823; died 1904. Wiie of John Garvin. Daughter 
of Joseph Potter, of New Jersey, and Jemima Skinner, his second wife. 
Mrs. Garvin is a sister of Mrs. Abigail Potter Heazlett, National Num- 
ber, 45,522. 

45.522. Mrs. Abigail Potter Heazlett, Painesville, Ohio. New 
Connecticut Chapter. Born 1825 ; died 1909. Wife of Harvey Heazlett. 
Daughter of Joseph Potter, of New Jersey, and Jemima, his wnfe. Joseph 
Potter was a Revolutionary soldier serving in a New Jersey Regiment 
throughout the greater part of the war. Mrs. Heazlett was the young- 
est of eleven children. She was born in Ohio County, Virginia, 1822. 
In the spring of 1834, the family moved to Delaware County, Ohio. In 
1840, Abigail was^married to Harvey Heazlett, and at once went to the 
farm, where they spent sixty-five }'ears of happy married life. Mr. 
Heazlett died in 1906. 

45,678. Mrs. Mary S. Cutlifl:'e, Albany, Georgia. Oglethorpe Chap- 
ter, Georgia. Born in Columbia County, Georgia, 1828; died E)ecemljer 
6, 1907. Wife of John M. Cutlifife, C S. A. Daughter of Judge William 
Jones (1762-1834), and Elcy V. Tankersley (1796-1863), his fourth wife. 
William Jones, of Welsh descent, was born in King and Queen County, 
Virginia. Before the Revolutionary War he went with his brother 
John Jones, to Wilkes County, Georgia. During the war, served as Ser- 
geant in the Second Georgia Battalion, under Gen. Samuel Elbert. 



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Received bounty land for services rendered. Was Judge of the Columbia 
County Court for forty years. His fourth wife. Elcy, descended from an 
ancient family, was a widow, Mrs. Pace, at the time of their marriage, 
1826. She was educated at the famous Moravian Seminary. Salem, N. C. 
Danced with Lafayette at the time of his visit to Augusta, Ga., in 1824. 
Mary, daughter of William and Elcy Jones, was one of three children. 
Received a collegiate education, was musical, and painted in watercolors. 
Mary married Mr. Cutlifife, a wealthy planter, 1846, and lived with him 
62^2 years. He died July i, 1907. Had twelve children. 

45,804. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Morse, Westborough, Massachu- 
setts. Timothy Bigelow Chapter. Born in Mass.. 1827: living 1911. 
Wife of Thomas Morse. Daugliter of Frederick Ferdinand Brown, of 
Mass., and Mary Burrill, his second wife. 

45,817. Mrs. Cornelia Sale Soper, Boston, Mass. John Hancock 
Chapter. Born in Mass., 1819, March 30th: living 1911. W'ife of Her- 
man Soper. Daughter of Capt. John Sale, of Massachusetts, and Han- 
nah Butterfield, his second wife. John Sale was born August 3. 1757, 
and enlisted at seventeen. He was a member of the Legislature; dea- 
con of Chelsea Church for sixty years, and the last Revolutionary patriot 
surviving in Chelsea. He died in i860, aged 103. He was buried in 
the family tomb at Revere. His daughter, C"ornclia, went to school at 
Plymouth. In 1843, when twenty-four years old. slie married Herman 
Soper. who died in i860. Mrs. Soper has since resided in Melrose. 

46,046. Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke Tompkins, Charlottesville, Va. 
Alherniarle Chapter. Born 1809; died 1910. Wife of Wm. Tompkins. 

46,052. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Secor, Carrolton, Illinois. Lady Ster- 
ling Chapter. Seattle, Washington. Born 1818; died 1910. Wife of 
Elijah J. Secor. Daughter of Judge David Lockwood. of Massachu- 
setts, and Rebecca Thomas, his wife. David Lockwood was born in 
Connecticut, March 16, 1762, and early went to Salem, N. Y. In April, 
1778, he enlisted in Capt. Drake's Company, Col. Graham's Regiment, 
New York Volunteers. Later, enlisted in the navy, under Capt. Nich- 
olson, on the "Trumbull :" was captured and confined on a prison-ship. 
After the war, went to \\^estern Pennsylvania, where he married Re- 
becca Thomas, 1792; thence went to Ohio. In 1832. was a pensioner. 
Mr. Lockwood died 1840. and his widow, 1853. A younger brother, 
Benjamin Lockw'ood, went out on one of the earliest American expedi- 
tions to the Arctic regions, and returned home safe. Mrs. Secor, young- 
est daughter of David, w^as born in Belmont County, Ohio, July 26. 181S. 
In 1841. she married Elijah J. Secor. and went to Greene County, Illinois. 
Mr. .Secor died 1895. Mrs. Secor is a member of Lady Sterling Chap- 
ter. Seattle. W'ashington. wdiich she joined with her nieces w^ho are 
residents of Seattle. Mrs. Secor died April i, 1910: aged ninety-two, at 
her home, "Walnut Grove Farm." nead Carrolton. 

46,346. Mrs. Caroline Whipple Eddy. Marquette. Michigan. Mar- 
quette Chapter. Born in Vermont, 1821 ; died in Michigan 1909. Wife 



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of Faxon Eddy. Daughter of Elnathan Whipple, of Rhode Island, and 
Lydia Babcock, his wife (born 1774). Elnathan Whipple (born 1760) 
was a sergeant in a Rhode Island Regiment serving from 1776 until 
1779. He was sixty-one years old, at the time of the birth of his daugh- 
ter, Caroline — his wife then being forty-seven years of age. After the 
war, Mr. Whipple took up a tract of land near Fairhaven, Vt., and lived 
there until his death. His daughter, Caroline, was married in 1842, to 
Faxon Eddy, and lived in Fairhaven until 1859, when she and her hus- 
band moved to Marquette, Mich., where Mr. Eddy's four brothers had 
preceded them. Mr. Eddy was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. 

46,374. Mrs. Isabelle Brown Tallman, Bartold P. O., Missouri. 
Jefferson Chapter. Born 1813; died . Wife of Charles Tallman. 

Daughter of William Brown and Jean Brown, his wife. William 
Brown was born in Belfast, Irleand, February 3, 1755. He, with his 
brother, Charles, came to America before the Revolutionary War. Wil- 
liam served as a soldier. Died in Pennsylvania, January 20, 1831. His 
daughter, Isabelle, was born in Lycoming County, Pa., May 27, 1813. 
Her maternal grandfather, Matthew Brown, served in the New Jersey 
"Flying Camp." Matthew's wife was Eleanor Brown. 

46,481. Mrs. Eliza B. McCracken, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Paw- 
tucket Chapter. Born ; died June, 1906. Resided at Willi- 
mantic. Conn. Wife of . Daughter of John Burnham, of 
Connecticut, and Bridget Hubbard, his wife. 

46,531. Mrs. Suphronia S. Fowler, Castalia, Ohio. Fond du Lac 
Chapter, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Born 1812; died June, 1910. Wife 
of Josiah Fowler. Daughter of Amos Stocking, of New York, and his 
second wife. Amos Stocking served as a private in the Revolutionary 
War. He served in Capt. Abel Dinsmore's Company, Col. Elisha Por- 
ter's Regiment, 1778, at New London. Was in the Hampshire Regi- 
ment. 1781. Sophronia was the next to the youngest chilcl of the sec- 
ond wife. She, Sophronia, was well educated; graduated from an acad- 
emy, and taught. In 1833, she came to Ohio, where she married Josiah 
Fowler. 

46,594. Mrs. Rhena W. Miller, Mount V^ernon, New York. Milli- 
cent Porter Chapter, Waterbury, Conn. Born 
liviiig- 1911. Wife of ^Villiam ]\filler. Daughter of 

^47,147. Mrs. Julia Augusta Coffren Woodman, Bangor, Maine. 
Francis Dighton A\'illiams Chapter. Born in Maine, 1824. Wiie of 
James M. Woodman. Daughter of Robert CofTren, of New Hampshire, 
and Sarah Gower, his second wife. Robert Coffren was born in Pem- 
broke, N. H. When only seventeen years old, he ran away to join 
the Revolutionary army. He served under General Frye, of the New 
Hampshire Continentals; spent the winter at Morristown, N. J., when 
Washington was encamped there. After the war, Mr. Coffren laid out 
a \illage near Vienna. Mrs. Wfjodman is the youngest child of the sec- 



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ond wife. An older sister, Mrs. Phidelia C. Lowell, National Number. 
19,206, was a member-at-large. 

47»373- Mrs. Harriet P. Place, Painesville, Ohio. New Connecti- 
cut Chapter. Born died 1904. Wife of 
Sullivan Place. Daughter of Edmund Pater, of Massachusetts, and 
Elizabeth Turner, his wife. 

47,679. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Lawrence, Bath, Maine. Colonel Dum- 
ner Sewell Chapter. Born 1822; died 1910. Wife of William Law- 
rence. Daughter of George Williams, of Maine, and Mary, his wife. 
George Williams (burn 1754) enlisted in the Continental army when 
only twenty-one years of age, and served with distinction throughout 
the entire war. His wife, Mary, lived to be ninety-three years old. Mrs. 
Lawrence was for many years a member of the Free Baptist Church. 

47,747. Mrs. Charlotte W. Moody, West Lynn, Mass. Minute 
Men Cliapter. Born in Brunswick, Maine, June 3, 1806; died September 
2, 1904. Wife of Joseph Moody. Daughter of George Winslow, of 
Massachusetts, and Sarah Gertrude Thomas, his wife. George Winslow 
enlisted from Duxbury, Mass., in Captain Turner's Company, Colonel 
^Marshall's Regiment, July 6, 1776; served under different commands 
during the war. Several of his sons also served. Mrs. Moody being a 
younger child. She was a great-granddaughter of Edward Winslow, 
third Governor of Massachusetts. At the time of her birth Maine was 
a part of Massachusetts. Mrs. Moody had two' sons who served in the 
Civil War. Her daughter, Mrs. Julia M. Young, is a member of 
Minute Men Chapter, Boston, and Mrs. Moody also joined this Chapter. 
Mrs. Moody was well educated, and remarkably well informed up to the 
time of her death. She was patriotic, deeply religious and commanded 
the respect of the community. 

47.957- Mrs. Amelia R. Crandall. Bath. New York. Baron Steu- 
ben Chapter. Born living 191 1. Wife of 
•Francis Crandall. Daughter of Nathaniel Rusco, of New York. 

47,999. Miss Cynthia Ann Campbell. Rochester, New York, 
Born 1817; died 1908. Irondequoit Chapter. Daughter of Isaac Camp- 
bell, of Connecticut, and Elizabeth Edmonds, his wife. Isaac Camp- 
bell (1762- ) enlisted from Voluntown, near New London, Conn., 
when about eighteen years of age and served under Capt. Joshua Dun- 
lop ; also, under Col. Wyllys. in "Major Clark's Company." commanded 
by Lieut. Day. Isaac was descended from the Campbells, who with 
other Scotch-Irish families, founded the Presbyterian Church, at Volun- 
town. Cynthia Ann Campbell was the youngest of the twelve children 
of Isaac and Elizabeth Campbell. She was born in Lebanon, Madison 
County, N. Y. ; at the age of one year, she was taken to East Rush. Mon- 
roe County, N. Y. Her education was finished at the Genesee W^esleyan 
Seminary, one of the first institutions of the State to grant higher ed- 
ucation to women. 



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48,000. Miss Corinthia Carpenter, Rochester, New York. Ironde- 
quoit Chapter. Born March 12, 1822; living 191 1. Daughter of Joseph 
Carpenter, of Vermont, and Sarah Buell, his wife. Joseph Carpenter 
served his country by doing picket duty, at the age of 17. His daughter, 
Corinthia, was born at Lancaster, N. Y., then called Clarence, which is 
near Bufifalo. Miss Carpenter now resides at 14 Raines Park, in 
Rochester. 

48,002. Mrs. Margaret hu\d Hovey, Rochester, N. Y. Ironde- 
quoit Chapter. Born 1814; died 1909. Wife of John L. Hovey. Daugh- 
ter of Capt. Freeman Judd, of Connecticut, and Deborah, his wife. 
Captain P^reeman Judd served under General Washington throughout 
the war for Independence. Mrs. Hovey was deeply interested in edu- 
cational work, and especially generous toward young persons striving 
under difficulties to obtain an education. 

48,113. Mrs. Cyrena Tuttle Woods, Arvada. Colorado. Nabby 
Lee Ames Chapter. Ohio. Born 1817; living 191 1. W'ife of James J. 
Woods. Daughter of Capt. Solomon Tuttle, of Vermont, and Sarah 
Lowe Seamans, his third wife. Solomon Tuttle (1757-1830) was a pa- 
triot. Solomon Tuttle enlisted May, 1775, in Capt. Peleg Sunderland's 
Company: was at Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen; enlisted again in 
Capt. Robert Correghran's Company, Col. Eastman's Regiment : was at 
Fort St. John under General Montgomery ; assisted in capturing Brit- 
ish vessels at the outlet of the lake; was at the taking of Sorelle ; also, 
in Capt. Woodbridge's Company, under General W^ooster ; was at Mont- 
real, captured by the Indians and escaped. In 1798, Capt. Tuttle came 
to Marietta, Ohio. He was married for the first time in Vermont; for 
the second and third, in Ohio. His third wife was Sarah Lowe Sea- 
mans, of Putnam, Ohio. He was born in Connecticut ; removed to Ver- 
mont when young: died near Millfield. Ohio. November 30. 1830. His 
daughter, Cyrena, M-as born November 22, 181 7. in Trimble township, 
Ohio She married James J. W^oods, November 14, 1839, in Athens 
County. They had nine children. Mrs. \\'ood removed to Iowa, thence 
to Arvada, Colorado. She is a voter. 

48,254. Mrs. Susanna Guseman, Cobun, IMorgantown, West Vir- 
ginia. Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter. Born in W^ Va., 1809: 
died 1910. Wife of Samuel Cobun. Daughter of Abraham Guseman. 
of A'^irginia (1733-1820. Abraham (niseman enlisted in the Revolu- 
tionary Army from Harper's Ferry, when seventeen years old : served 
seven vears. was wounded three times, and carried a bullet through 
life. 

48,257. Mrs. Emeline Bunker Palmer, Adrian, Michigan. Beloit 
Chapter. Wisconsin. Born li^Mng T911. W'ife 

of Martin R. Palmer. Daughter of Israel Bunker, of Massachusetts. 
Mrs. Palmer is (1911) a member of Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter, 
Adrian, Mich. 



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48,316. Mrs. Emily P. C(illins, Southampton, Connecticut. Han- 
nah Woodruff Chapter.' Born 1814: died 1909. Wife of Simri Collins. 
Tvaug-hter of James Parmely (1757-1842), of Connecticut, and Lydia 
Robbins, his wife. James Parmely enlisted from Killing-worth, Conn., 
as drummer in Capt. Mills' Company, Col. Webb's Regiment, Jan. 10, 
1777, and served three years. Was sixty-one years old in 1818, a pen- 
sioner at Bristol, N. Y. Was at Washington's evacuation of New York ; 
at Trenton, Valley Forge and Monmouth. James Parmely's second 
wife was Lydia Robbins Donelson (1770-1860) a widow. Emily was 
the youngest child, and was born in South Bristol, Ontario County ,^ N. 
Y., 1814. She went west as a teacher, and taught at Port Huron, Mich- 
igan, where in 1835, she married Charles Peltier. They resided at De- 
troit until Mr. Peltier's death. Jn 1841, the widow married Simri Col- 
lins. During the Civil War, Mrs. Collins served as a volunteer nurse 
in Virginia, accompanying her two sons, Dr. Peltier, a surgeon, and 
Capt. Collins. In 1869, the family removed to Louisiana, and resided 
on a plantation ten years. Mr. Collins died in 1876. The second son, 
Capt. Collins, died in 1872. Mrs. Collins was always in advance of her 
time. For many years, she wrote for the press under the nom de plume, 
"Justina." She- was the last survivor of that devoted band that called 
the first Woman's Rights Convention, at Seneca Falls. N. Y., 1848. 
In that same year. Mrs. Collins organized at Bristol, N. Y., the first 
Woman Suffrage Society in the world. In 1885. she organized the 
Hartford Equal Rights Club, and was at the lime of her death. Honor- 
ary President. She was also a member of the Woman's Relief Corps. 
Her work is mentioned by such writers as Mary A. Livermore, Frances 
E. Willard, Susan B. Anthony and others. 

48,469. Mrs. Marv Elliott Fahey. Fort Madist)n, Iowa. Jean Espy 
Chapter. Born in York County, Pa., July 10, 1818; died December 25, 
iQio. Wife of Richard Fahey. Daughter of Robert Elliott, of Pennsyl- 
vania, and Margaret Johnstone, his wife. Robert Elliott was Adjutant 
in the Seventh Pennsylvania Continental Line, wdiich made a flying 
march from Harrisburg. Pa., across the country to Bunker Hill, and 
took part in that famous fight. He received the personal commendation 
of General Washington. Robert Elliott was a pensioner at the time of 
his death in 1823. His daughter Mary was educated in a Presbyterian 
Seminary, but later became a Roman Catholic. She lived for a time at 
Harrisburg. Pa., then removed to WHliamsport. Md.. where she was 
married to Richard Fahey. Her husband having contracted with an 
eastern railroad companv to build roadbeds through Western Illinois, 
she journeyed with him in a flat boat down to the Ohio River to Cairo. 
Til., thence to Warsaw. 111. Mr. and Mrs. Fahey settled at Fort Madison. 
Iowa, in 1839. Mrs. Fahey lived in this place sixty-five years. She died 
at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Lowrey. in Chicago. One son, Mr. M. 
J. Fahey, resides in Fort Madison. 



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' 4^,532. Mrs. Sally M. Reynolds Allen, East Douglas, Massachu- 
setts. Captain Job Knapp Chapter. Born 1810; died 1905. Wife of 

. Daughter of Henry Reynolds, of 
Rhode Island. 

48,596. Mrs. Margaret G. M. Benson, Mankato, Minnesota. An- 
thony Wayne Chapter. Born 1814, August 20th. Wife of John Benson. 
Daughter of Gofi Moore, of New Planipshire, and Betsey Gray Mc- 
Kense}^ his wife. Gofi' Moore served in a New Hampshire Regiment, 
as aid to his father, an offtcer. Margaret received an excellent educa- 
tion. In 1836, she married the Rev. John Benson, a Methodist minis- 
ter, of Skowegan, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Benson lived at Mount Des- 
ert, Bath, Corinna, and Dover. Jn 1852. they came to Minnesota, liv- 
ing for a time at St. Anthony. 

48,708. Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Nolley Gilbert, Adams, New York. 
Deborah Champion Chapter. Born in Vermont, 1814. Wife of 

Daughter of Justus Nolley, of \"ermont, and Elizabeth 
Eield, his wife. Justus Nolley, enlisted at nineteen as a fifer. He 
died 1849, aged 86. His daughter Harriet, was born at Dorset, Vt.,. 
November 2, 1814. 

48,731. Mrs. Susanna E. Paddock, Boonville, N. Y. General Wil- 
liam Floyd Chapter. Born March 31, 1809: died 1907. Wife of James 
Paddock. Daughter of Jacob Edick (or Ettig) of New York, and Sus- 
an Woolaber, his second wife. The General Floyd Chapter placed a 
bronze marker over the grave of Jacob Edick, at Spinnerville. Jacob 
Edick was born June 30, 1764, at German Flats; died October 12, 1844. 
His second wife, Susan Woolaber, was born 1771 ; died 1843. Jacob 
was stationed at Fort Herkimer, throughout the Revolutionary War; 
skirmished with the Indians at Fort Da}'ton. Served also, in the War 
of 1812. The family alwavs lived at Spinnerville, Herkimer County, 
N. Y. ■ ' 

48,783. Mrs. Phebe Ann Colgrove, Cortland, New York. Tiough- 
nioga Chapter. Born 1824, in Groton, N. Y. Wife of 

. Daughter of Philemon Tiffany, of Connecticut and Catherine 
Goldsmith, his second wife. Philemon Tiffany (born 1760) enlisted 
when about seventeen, in Capt. Lee's Company, of the Fourth Connec- 
ticut Regiment. He served three years in the Continental Army, and 
was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Red Bank. He 
received a pension for his services ; died at Groton. N. Y. 

49,071. Mrs. Almira Pierce Johnson, Worcester, Massachusetts. 
Timothy Bigelow Chapter. Born 1804. ^\'ife of Nathaniel Johnson. 
Daughter of Levi Pierce, of Alassachusetts, and Persis Robinson, his 
wife. Levi Pierce, of Massachusetts, went out at the Lexington Alarm. 

1775- 

49,119. Mrs. ]\Iary Griggs Mitchell, North Scituate, Mass. Chief 
Justice Gushing Chapter. Born 1813. 
Wife of Archibald M. Mitche^. Daughter of Moses Griggs, of Massa- 



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chusetts, and Margaret Conley, his wife (1773-1845). Moses Griggs 
(1755-1830) served from Roxbury, Mass., 1775-1776, in Capt. Wm. 
Draper's Company, Col. \\'m. Heath's Regiment. Subsequently served 
other enlistments. Moses married, 1797, Margaret Conley, and had 
nine sons, and one daughter, Mary, the latter being the ninth child. 
Mary was well educated for her day. In 1837, she was married to Capt. 
Archibald Mitchell. They became pioneers at North Scituate Beech, 
now a popular summer resort. 

49,228, Mrs. Sarah E. K. Keen, Selinsgrove, Pa. Conrad Weiser 
Chapter. Born May 10, 1846; died 1906. Wife of F. A. Keen. Daugh- 
ter of Richard Knight, of P^ennsylvania, and Sarah Berry, his third wife. 
Richard Knight served as a drummer in the Pennsylvania troops at the, 
age of eleven. He died January, 1850. Mrs. Keen was the youngest 
child of the third wife. In July, 1866, Sarah was married to Major 
F. A. Keen, of Watsontown, Pa., who survives her. Mrs. Keen was a 
sister of Mrs. Annie Knight Gregory, National Number, 21,323. Mr? 
Gregory was admitted to the National Society, D. A. R., at the age of 
fifty-four, and was then the youngest "Real Daughter," who had ever 
been admitted. Her younger sister, Mrs. Keen, was later admitted at 
the age of fifty-two, and at the time of her death, was the youngest 
"Real Daughter," enrolled. 

49,899. Mrs. Martha Ellen Wall Moon. Hartford, Council Blufts, 
Iowa. Council Bluffs Chapter. Born in Virginia, 1821 ; died 1910. 
Wife of Samuel Hartford. Daughter of William Wall, of Virginia, and 
Nancy Elkins, his second wife. William Wall (died 1835) served two 
enlistments, under Col. Francis Taylor and Major Roberts, in Capt. 
Purvis's Company; and under Capt. Finley, Col. James Wood, in the 
Virginia Line; served until the end of the war, and honorably discharged 
at W^inchester. Mrs. Hartford was born on the Guyandotte River, Va.. 
and was one of eleven children. Her father died when she was four- 
teen years old, and Martha worked hard to obtain an education. She 
began teaching at the age of eighteen. She was married to Zimri Moon, 
at Knightstown, Indiana, 1841 ; knew all the hardships of pioneer life. 
Mr. Moon died near Buchanan, Michigan, in the early eighties. Mrs. 
Moon came to Iowa; lived in Algona ; married Samuel Hartford, who 
died several years ago. Mrs. Hartford died at the residence of her son. 
Pleasant Green, Mo. 

50,592. Mrs. Harriet Amelia Hills, Oakland, California. Oak- 
land Chapter. Born in Maine, 1822; died 1907. Wife of 

. Daughter of John Heal, of Maine, (b. 1760), and Lydia 
Cooper, his second wife. John Heal served in Pulaski's Legion. John 
was fifteen years of age when the Revolutionary War broke' out. He 
accompanied his father. Peter Heal, throughout the war. John died 
1825. Mrs. Hills was the youngest of fifteen children, her mother be- 
ing a second wife. Harriet Amelia Hills was born in Lincolnville, 
Maine; died in North Berkeley, California, where she had resided for 



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fifteen years. During the last year of her life, she made a large and 
handsome American flag, which she presented to Oakland Chapter. 

51,292. Mrs. Harriet Bemis Farrie, Somerville, Mass. Boston Tea 
Party Chapter. Born October 30, 1806; died 1907. Wife of William 
Farrie (m. 1833). Daughter of Josiah Bertiis, Jr., of Massachusetts and 
Johanna Fish, his wife. Josiah Bemis, Jr., (1751-1821) was a private 
in Capt. Abraham Pierce's Company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, 
which marched, April 19, 1775. to the alarm of Lexington, and Concord. 
He re-enlisted, 1776. Mrs. Farrie was the tw^elfth child of Josiah Bemis, 
Jr., and Johanna Fish, his wife. She was born in Quincy, Mass., and 
resided in the neighborhood of Boston all her life. She remembered the 
War of 1812. Her father was born at Waltham ; died at Charlestown. 
He owned a stone quarry at Ouincy, and, with two others, made the 
first experiment in the world of splitting stone with wedges. 

52,389. Mrs. Flelen M. Whipple. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Fort 
Atkinson Chapter. Born 1826: died 191 1. Wife of Zebulon Whipple. 
Daughter of Eliada Brown, of Connecticut, and Nancy Smith, his wife. 
Eliada Brown also served in the War of 1812. Mrs. Whipple died at 
her home in Chicago, February 3, 191 1, aged eighty-five. She was bur- 
ied beside her father Eliada Brown, a soldier of the Revolutionary War 
(1760-1855). He was born in East Haddam, Conn. At the age of 
thirteen, went with his parents to Hanover, N. H.. where on July 15, 
I775> 1^^ enlisted in the Continental Army, in Capt. Stephens' Company, 
Col. Nicholas' Regiment. Eliada was scarcely fifteen, but he served to 
the end of the war; was at Bennington. Stillwater and West Point. In 
1837, Mr. Brown, with his family, went westward and settled on the 
Rock River, in Jeiiferson County, Wisconsin. His grave was marked 
by the Society of the Children of the American Revolution of Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. 

52,393- Mrs. Asenath S. McKaig, Milwaukee. Wisconsin, Mil- 
waukee Chapter. Born Wife of 
Daughter of 

52,517. Mrs. Maria B. Ringleka. Galesburg, Illinois. Rebecca Park 
Chapter. Born 1818; died 1910. Wife of Henry M. Ringleka. Daugh- 
ter of Francis Blake, of New Hampshire, and Susan Wanamaker, his 
wife. Francis Blake came from France, without friends or kindred, in 
177.S-6. He served as a private in Capt. Badger's Company. Col. Win- 
gate's Regiment, New Hampshire Troops, 1776. After the war. went 
to Canada, and late in life, married a young woman, Susan Wanamaker. 
Maria was born in Rednerville. She was nine years old, when her 
father died; grew up in Canada; married Frederick Cronk, and went 
west through New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio, in a wagon. In 1846, 
Mr. and Mrs. Cronk settled in Henderson, 111. Maria's second husband 
was Henry M. Ringleka. who died 1898. Mrs. Ringleka was a sister 
of Mrs Minerva B. Bovay, of Big Rapids, Michigan, National Number, 
69,048. 



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52.666. Mrs. Ardelia Bartlett Clapp Hatch, Campello, Massachu- 
setts. Deborah Sampson Chapter. Born February, 1847; living 191 1. 
Wife of Eben Hatch, of Hatchville. Daughter of Thomas Clapp, of 
Massachusetts, and Aurelia Allen, his second wife (1816-1900). Thomas 
Clapp was born in Sharon, Mass., February, 1763. Enlisted as a pri- 
vate, May II, 1779, under Chpt. Lemuel Clapp; served with a detach- 
ment of guards, under Major Nathaniel Heath, at Dorchester Heights. 
On March 25, 1845, married his second wife, Aurelia Allen. Had three 
daughters, Ardelia Aurelia, and Mary Ann Thomas Clapp; died 1851. 

52.667. Mrs. Aurelia Boyden Clapp MacDonald, Abington, Mass. 
Deborah Sampson Chapter. Born December 5, 1845; living 1911. Wife 
of Alexander MacDonald. Daughter of Thomas Clapp, of Massachu- 
.^etts (1763-1851), and his second wife, Aurelia Allen (1816-1900). Mrs. 
MacDonald is a sister of Mrs. Hatch, National Number, 52,666. It 
will be seen that their mother lived until 1900. Mrs. Clapp was one of 
the few surviving Revolutionary widows whose names were not on the 
U. S. pension rolls. 

52.668. Mrs. Mary Ann Scott, Midway, Mass. Deborah Sampson 
Chapter. Born December 29, 1851. Wife of George H. Scott. Daugh- 
ter of Thomas Clapp, of Massachusetts (1763-1851) and his second 
wife. Aurelia Allen (1816-1900). Mrs. Scott w^as born the same year 
that her father died. He was tiien nearly eighty-nine years old, and 
lier mother, thirty-five. 

53,047. Mrs. Ann Eliza D. Parkes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Chap- 
ter . Born 
W^ife of . Daughter of 

53,163, Mrs. Elvira Layton Lane, Crawfordsville, Indiana. Dor- 
othy O. Chapter. Born 1832; died 1907. Wife of 

Daughter of Famous Mortimer, of Vir- 
ginia, and Mary Blue, his second wife. 

53,441. Mrs. Sarah Amelia C. Sisson, Kenton, Ohio. Fort Mac- 
Arthur Chapter. Born in Ohio, 1829; living 1911. Wife of G. W. Sis- 
son. Daughter of Joseph Sylvester, of Maine, and the Widow^ Filkins, 
his third wife. Joseph Sylvester ( -1828), enlisted in the army 

of the Revolution from Plymouth County, Mass., and served to the close 
of the war. After the war, he moved to Bangor, Maine, later, going 
to Meigs County, Ohio. Here he married his third wife. Mrs. Sisson 
was the youngest child and was born a few months after her father's 
death. She improved her opportunities for education, and taught 
school eight years. One of her schools was in the Sisson district, Vin- 
ton County, Ohio, and here she was married to G. W. Sisson. 1857. Mrs. 
Sisson learned to take ambrotypes and with her husband, travelled 
through Missouri and Arkansas and took pictures. They opened a 
photograph gallery in Fort Smith, Ark., and here endured the hardships 
of the Civil War. After the close of the war they returned to Ohio. 
Mr. Sisson died at McArthur, O., 1907. 



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53,500- ^^I's. Eliza Alice G. Spencer, Marion, South Carolina, 
Swamp Fox Chapter. Born October 28, 1832; living 191 1. Wife of 
J. Spencer. Daughter of Stephen Godbold, of South Carolina, and Re- 
becca Woods, his third wife. Stephen Godbold was born 1767. At 
the age of fifteen, he was a lieutenant in Forworth's Company, Baxter's 
Regiment, Marion's brigade. He died in 1845, ^^^ li's wife, in the same 
year. Eliza Alice, the youngest daughter of the third wife, was born 
in Marion County, S. C. At the age of fifteen, she married Mr. John 
C. Spencer, and settled on the handsome property left her by her father. 
She had ten children. 

53,624. Mrs. Patty Allen Ray, Fensacola, N. C. Joseph Haber- 
sham Chapter, Atlanta, Ga. Born Wife of 
Amos L. Ray. Daughter of 

54,659. Mrs. Louisa C. Sandy, Washington, D. C. Mary Wash- 
ington Chapter. Born died 1907. Wife of 

Daughter of Carter Croxton, of 
Virginia, and Fannie Cole I'aulconer. his wife. 

54,805. Mrs. Sophronia W. York, Newfields, N. H. Molly Reid 
Chapter. Born in N. H., iSio; living 191 1. Wife of Ezra T. York. 
Daughter of David Watson, of New Hampshire, and Hannah Cronford, 
his wife. 

55,210. Mrs. Mehitable H. Corey, Thomaston, Maine. General 
Knox Chapter. Born 1820; died 1907. Wife of Reuben H. Corey. 
Daughter of Rev. Isaac Hall, of Maine, and Sarah Sayward Keller, his 
second wife. Isaac Hall was born in Harpswell. Maine. He enlisted 
in July, 1775; served in Capt. Nathaniel Larrabee's Company, which for 
seven months, was stationed along the coast in Cumberland County. 
Served under other commands till the end of the war. Mehitable Hall 
was the only child of the second wife. She, Mehitable, married, first. 
Rev. Joseph Melvin, a Baptist minister, who died soon after; second, 
Mr. Reuben H. Corey, of Chicopee Falls. Mass. Mrs. Corey was long 
identified with the Baptist Church. 

55.259. Mrs. Amy Boss Eveleth, Fall River. Mass. Quequechan 
Lhapter. Born in Rhode Island: died in Norwood, 1908. Wife of 

. Daughter of Benjamin Boss, of Rhode Island, and Amy 
laylor, his third wife. Benjamin Boss was born in Kingston, R. L, Fel)- 
ruary 2, 1757; died in North Scituate. R. I.. June 1. 1848. He served from 
Rhode Island throughout nearly all of the Revolutionarv War. 

55,505. Mrs. Mary Matilda McC. Burch, Vienna, Va. Fairfax 
County Chapter. Born in Virginia, June 5. 1832; died May 21, 1910. 
Wife of John Lewis Burch. Daughter of William McClanahan, of Vir- 
ginia, and Sarah Franklin, his second wife. William McClanahan was 
born in Westmoreland Co., Va., 1762. In 1778 enlisted as a private from 
Fauquier County, in Colonel Buford's Third Virginia Regiment. He 
was wounded in the battle of Buford's defeat. May 29, 1780: taken pris- 
oner at Hanging Rock, August 6. 1780. Re-enlisted 1781. In 1826 



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he married his second wife, Sarah Franklin. He had ample means for 
his time, and lived like a typical Virginia gentleman. Mrs. Burch Avas 
a sister of Mrs. (iillespie. National Nnmber, 55.506. 

55»5o6. Mrs. Narcissa Thomas McC. Gillespie, Vienna. Va. Fair- 
fax County Chapter. Born in \'irginia, 1829; living 191 1. Wife of John 
Gillespie. Daughter of William McClanahan, of Virginia, and Sarah 
F>anklin, his second wife. William McClanahan died in Fauquier 
County, Va., February 8. 1842. His wife. Sarah, died ]\Tay 8, 1866. Mrs. 
Gillespie is a sister of Mrs. Matilda McClanahan Burch, National Num- 
^^^> 55'505- They haA-e a brother living, Mr. John McClanahan, a 
"Real Son." 

55,710. Miss Mary Augusta Danforth, Attleboro, Mass. Attle- 
boro Chapter. Born in Norton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1836; living 191 1. 
Daughter of Thomas Danforth (1759-1844), of Taunton, Mass.. and Mary 
Ann Perkins, his third wife, who was a widow at the time of her mar- 
riage to Mr. Danforth. He enlisted from Mansfield, Mass.. as a drum- 
mer in Capt. Macey Williams's Co., Col. Timothy W^alker's Regiment, 
T775; also in Capt. Abiel Clap's Company, Col. Carpenter's Regiment 
(Bristol County), 1777. This company marched to Rhode Island. At 
Springfield, Mass.. 1779, Thomas Danforth is described as being 19 years 
old; stature, 5 feet 10 inches; complexion, light: hair, brown; eyes. dark. 
He was Fife Major, also Drum Major in Bristol County, 1780. Served 
r.nder several commands. Miss Danforth is a woman of refined type, and 
very religious. She has a brother, a "Real Son," still living. She is a 
half-sister of Mrs. Hannah Danforth Carpenter, National Number, 26.- 
0C9. Thirteen Danforths fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. To the 
same family belonged Mrs. Francis E. Goodrich, of Minneapolis, Minn., 
National Number, 1121. Mrs, Goodrich was the daughter of Joshua Dan- 
forth. 

56,045. Mrs. Lucinda Fowler Fish, Cambridge, N. Y. Ondawa- 
Cambridge Chapter. Born : living 191 1. Wife of 

Alvin Fish. Daughter of 

56,052. Miss Sarah Clark Bingham. Providence, R. T. Brattleboro 
Chapter. Vermont. Born 1820; died March 5, 1908. Daughter of John 
Clark Bingham, of Vermont. John Bingham enlisted under Ira Allen 
(brother of Ethan) in 1781, and was assigned to service in Col. Samuel 
Fletcher's battalion. John Bingham's record is found in the Vermont 
Revolutionary Rolls. Miss Bingham was one of sixteen children. The 
Vermont chapters have marked the graves of her father and mother, 
and that of the "Real Daughter." 

56,209. Mrs. Lucretia Reed Wood, Oak Park, 111. George Rogers 
Clark Chapter. Born t8i2; died 1908. Born in New York. Wife of 
George Wood. Daughter of David Reed, of Massachusetts, and his 
wife. David Reed (1765-1846) was born in Pittsfield, Mass.; died in 
Augusta. N. Y. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army at the age of 
sixteen with his elder brother, Joseph Reed, who claimed relationship 



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with the famous Joseph Reed, of Washing-ton's staff. The battle of 
Stillwater was fought on Mrs. Wood's niaternal grandfather's farm. 
Mrs. Wood was born in Augusta, N. Y., 1812; came to Michigan with 
her husband, 1858. settling near Detroit. She was discovered by a 
member of George Rogers Clark Chapter, Illinois, 1906. Her last days 
were spent at the home of her grand-daughter, in Grand Rapids, Mich. 

56,260, Mrs. Pamela Worsley, Red Oak, Iowa. Mayflower Chap- 
ter. Born : living 191 1. Wife of Joseph Worsley. 
Daughter of Increase Sikes, of Massachusetts. Increase Sikes, Ludlow, 
private in Capt. Phineas Stebbins's company. Col. Nathan Sparhawk's 
regiment, enlisted Sept. 15. 1778; service to December 12, 1778, three 
months, three days, including- travel (tji miles) from home. Company 
detached to reinforce General Sulli\an, but (jrdered to Boston by re- 
solve of September 17, 1778. 

56,426. Mrs. Sarah L. G. Murphy Dennett. Kansas City, Mo. Eliz- 
abeth Benton Chapter. Born 1827; . Wife of Richard 
Dennett. Daughter of Richard Gale, Jr., of Massachusetts, and Lucy 
Cummings, his wife. Richard Gale (born 1762) enlisted, 1778, from 
Massachusetts in Capt. Elihu Lyman's company, Colonel Porter's regi- 
ment. Late in life Richard went to Vermont and married Miss Lucy 
Cummings. Of this marriage, Sarah Gale was born October 12, 1827, 
her father then being 65 years of age. She married (r) John Murphy; 
(2) Richard Dennett, after her second marriage coming to Kansas City. 

56,558. Mrs. Mary Ward Winchester Parker. Olean, X. Y. Olean 
Chapter. Born 1819: died, at Wattsburg. Erie Co., Pa., March 23. 1910. 
Wife of Ezekiel Parker. Daughter of Samuel W'inchester, of Massa- 
chusetts, and Hannali Woods, his third wife. Samuel Winchester was 
born in Massachusetts, 1753: died in Onondaga County, N. Y., 1823. 
Served in the Lexington Alarm in Capt. Thomas W'hite's company. The 
.name of Samuel \\'inchester is on the bronze tablet erected by the D. 
A. R. at Brookline. Mass. 

56.909. .Mrs. 'Martha Young Armstrong. Effingham, 111. Ann 
Crooker St. Clair Chapter. Born in (;)hio, 1817, in Butler County. 
Wife of . Daughter of Philip Young. Mrs. Arm- 
strong is a sister of Mrs. Mary Young Field Montgomery, of Shelby- 
ville, Ind., National Number, 56,910. 

56.910. Mrs. Mary Young Field Montgomery, Effingham, Til. Ann 
Crooker St. Clair Chapter. Born in Ohio. 1820: living 191 r. Wife of 
William Montgomery. Daughter of Philip Young. Mrs. Montgomery 
resides in Shelbyville, Ind. She is a sister of Mrs. Martha Young Arm- 
strong, of Efifingham, 111., National Number, 56,909. 

57,050. Mrs. Teresa Jane Emmons Hoyt, Ottawa, Kan. General 
Edward Hand Chapter. Born June 26. 1824; living 191 1. Wife of 
Nicholas Hoyt. Daughter of Jonathan Emmons, of Connecticut (1761- 
1835), and Nancy Avery, his second wife ([780-1844). Jonathan Em- 
mons was born in ITai-tford, ( onn.. Decem])er 31, [761 ; died in Lafayett^e, 



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Onondaga County, N. Y., December 9, 1835. He served as a private in 
Capt. Elijah Chapman's Company Light Infantry, Fifth Connecticut 
Regiment; also in Col. Benj. Hutchin's Company, Twent3'-sixth Regi- 
ment. Was at West Point in the winter of 1780-1781. Mr. Emmons's 
daughter Teresa, or Teressa, was the ninth child of the second wife and 
was born in Lafayette, Onondaga County, N. Y. 

57,271. Mrs. Julia Ann Williams, Moberly, Mo. 
Chapter. Born W^ife of William Truesdell Williams. 

Daughter of Thomas Harris uf Virginia (b. 1755). Thomas Harris served 
in the Militia of Fairfax County, Va. 

57,277. Mrs. Lucy A. Wills Tibbetts, Beatrice, Neb. Elizabeth 
Montague Chapter. Born in Maine, November 26, 1818; died May, 
1907. Wife of . Daughter of James Wills, 

of Rhode Island, and Polly Savage, his wife. James Wills (1738-1842) 
enlisted in a Rhode Island regiment, 1781, and served till 1783. Mrs. 
Tibbetts is one of seven children. She is a sister of Mrs. Rhoda W. 
Chick, of Lowell, Mass., National Number, 35,351. Mrs. Tibbetts was 
born in Belgrade, Maine, and resided in Maine until she was past sev- 
enty. Her husband died sixteen years ago, and eight 3'ears later a son. 
]n 1906 her son, Mr. Joseph E. Tibbetts, of Beatrice, went East and 
brought his mother back with him, to spend her last days in his home. 

57,296. Mrs. Louise Holden Lane, Claremont, New Hampshire. 
Molly Reid Chapter. Born ; died 1908. Wife of Mark Lane. 

Daughter of Timothy Holden and Catharine Humphrey, his wife. Tim- 
othy Holden (1760-1833), first served as aid to his father, Richard Hold- 
en, of New Hampshire. Timothy, in 1777, marched from Charlestown 
in Capt. Abel Walker's Company, Col. David Hobart's Regiment, to 
serve in the Burgoyne campaign. He died at Charlestown. Richard 
Holden, 1777, served under Col. Benjamin Bellows, in the Militia that 
turned out for the defense of Ticonderoga. Richard Holden died in a 
British prison ship in New York Harbor. Mrs. Lane resided at Spring- 
field, Vt. 

58,316. Mrs. Nancy S. J. Prentice. Bangor. Maine. Francis Digh- 
ton Williams Chapter. Born . Wife of 

Daughter of 

58,455. Mrs. Achsah V. Bixby, Elmira. N. ^'. Chemung Chapter. 
Born in New York, 1816, Schuyler County: living 191 1. Wife of Titus 
Moss Bixby. Daughter of Frederick Vaughan, of New York, and Cath- 
erine Cornet, his wife. Frederick Yaughan was a Revolutionary Sol- 
dier, serving as private in Lieutenant Colonel Canfield's regiment, Con- 
necticut Militia. Mrs. Bixby spent most of her girlhood at Big Flats, 
removing to Elmira after her marriage, where her husband, William T. 
Reeder, was Sherifif. in the early days of Elmira's history. Some years 
after Mr. Reeder's death, his widow married Mr. Bixby. This venerable 
couple are still living in their pleasant home at Deposit, N. Y. 



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58.S39- ^^^^- Amelia A. D. Southard, Sandusky, Ohio. Martha Pit- 
kin Chapter. Born in New Hampshire. 1823: living 191J. Wife of \V. 
J. Southard. Daughter of Brewer Dodge, of New Hampshire, and Anna 
Brainard, his wife. Brewer Dodge served in Capt. Daniel Carlisle's 
company of Col. Timothy Bedell's regiment, raised at Westmoreland, 
N. H., 1776, to serve throughout the war. Brewer Dodge died at Cole- 
brook, N. H., 1826. In 1828, his widow, with her family, accompanied 
her brother, John Brainard, to the "Western Reserve," in Ohio. At the 
age of fifteen Amelia married Levi Fletcher, and for five years endured 
all the hardships of pioneer life. Then she determined to pursue her 
studies. Leaving her children in the care of her mother during the 
day, she attended a select school. She was thus fitted to preside over 
the fine home that she and her husband later built up. Mr. Fletcher 
died in 1884. Tn 1888, the widow was married to Willard J. Southard, 
who died in 1903. 

59,246. Mrs. Frances Bush Loveland, Buckeye, Shasta Co., Cal. 
Captain Jesse Leavenworth Chapter, Leavenworth. Kan. Born : 

living 191 1. Wife of . Daughter of 

Mrs. Loveland was recently enfranchised. 

59?389. Mrs. Mary Jane Hulbert. Elniira, N. Y. Chemung Chap- 
ter. Born 1812, at Bath,' N. Y. : . Wife of 

. Daughter of Benjamin Woodward (1760-1847) and 
, his wife (died 1847). Benjamin Woodward 
enlisted in the American Army, in 1776. at the age of sixteen, and ser\-ed 
to the close of the war. He was attached to the New York Continental 
Line, and engaged in General Sullivan's campaign through New York 
State. Mr. Woodward was mustered out at Bath, where he married 
and lived until 1831, when, with his wife and daughter, he removed to 
Elmira. Mary Jane was the youngest daughter. One brother was a 
magistrate in Texas, where he was the victim of an Indian raid. An- 
other brother was a veteran of the War of 1812. Mr. Woodward is 
buried in Elmira. where his grave has been marked by Chemung Chapter. 

59,420. Mrs. Susan H'urd Cook. Watertown, N. Y. Le Ray de 
Chaumont Chapter. Born . Wife of 

Hiel Cook. Daughter of 

59,784. Mrs. Julia W. Butler, Lewistown, Maine. Mary Dilling- 
ham Chapter. Born . Wife of Hon. 
F. G. Butler. Daughter of Thomas Wendell and Elizabeth Eaton, his 
wife. Thomas Wendell served as a powder boy on the 'Torus.'' 
Thomas Wendell was of Dutch lineage, of the same family as 
Wendell Phillips and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Julia was one of 
the younger children. At 27 she married Francis Gould Butler, of 
Farmingham. Maine : had several daughters. Her daughter. Carrie 
Frances, was educated at \'assar College: married, in 1879, Rev. Charles 
F. Thwing, later president of the Western Reserve ITniversity, Cleve- 
land, Ohio. Mr. Butler died 1891. Mrs. Butler was a member of the 



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Women's Christian Temperance Union, the Equal Suffrage Association 
and the F'arming-ton Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 

60,281. Mrs. Sarah A. D. Barklay. Yellow Springs. Ohio. Paul 
l^evere Chapter. Indiana. Born in Clermontville, (Ohio, 1829: living 191 1. 
Wife of Nathan Barklay. Daughter of John Dennis, of New Jersey, and 
Sarah Pligbee (born 1787), his second wife. John Dennis was born in 
Gloucester County, N. J., October 30, 1760; died in Monroe Township. 
Clermont County. Ohio, June 8, 1850. He enlisted in New Jersey, 1776; 
served under Capt. William Price and Colonel Westcott. Little or Som- 
crs. Also under Capts. Rob. Snell. Thomas Stites and Proctor. Also 
under Capt. Joseph Conover. In 1778, was in Capt. David Scull's whale- 
boat service. For three months was stationed at Fort Mifflin. John 
Dennis was High Sheriff of Clermont County, Ohio, for many years, 
and was called Captain Dennis. His widow was allowed a pension 
March 12. 1853, at which time she was 66 years old. Mrs. Barklay is a 
sister of Mrs. Nancy Haver Reynolds, National Number, 60,283. 

60,283. Mrs. Nancy D. Haver Reynolds, Muncie, Ind. Paul Revere 
Chapter. Born in Clermontville, Ohio. February 8, 1826: living 191 1. 
Wife of Marquis L. Reynolds. Daughter of John Dennis, of New Jersey, 
and Sarah Higbee. his second wife. Mrs. Reynolds is a sister of Mrs. 
Sarah Ann Dennis Barklay, National Number, 60,281. 

60,470. Mrs. Martha Ann H. Stanton. Fort Erie. Ontario. Buffalo 
Chapter, New York. Born in Ontario, 1817. Wife of James Stanton. 
Daughter of Benjamin Hardison. of Massachusetts, and Jane Warren, 
of Ontario, his wife^ Benjamin Hardison served as a private in Capt. 
Samuel N'oyes's company. Colonel Phinney's regiment. Massachusetts 
troops, having enlisted July 15, 1775. He was taken prisoner and held 
captive in Canada until the close of the war. After the war he settled 
in Fort Erie, Ontario, and married Jane A\'arren, daughter of Colonel 
Warren, commanding the fort. During the War of 1812, Benjamin Har- 
dison was suspected of aiding the Americans. He was arrested by the 
military authorities and compelled to serve with the British. He died 
in 1823, 

60,681. Mrs. Alcinda Jane Furbee Conway. Mannington, W. Va. 
West Augusta Chapter. Born in Virginia, 1825 : died 1909. Wife of 
William B. Conway. Daughter of Caleb Furbee. Lieut. Caleb Furbee 
enlisted from Kent County, Del., 1776; enlisted again in 1777 and 1778; 
was in the battle of Brandywine. After the war he settled on Paw Paw 
Creek, Va., and here his daugtiter, Alcinda, was born. She married 
William B. Conway in 1845. 

61,360. Mrs. vSophronia Shaver Case, Syracuse. N. Y. Onondaga 
Chapter. Born ; living i(;ii. Wife of George W. 

Case. Daughter of 

61,417. Mrs. Elizabeth Dye Clark Little, Findlay, Ohio. Born 
1819; died T908, in Marion. Ohio. Fort Findlay Chapter. W^ife of John 
Little. Daughter nf Israel Clark, of Connecticut, and his fourth wife. 



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Mrs. Little was born in Delaware County, Ohio, March i6, 1818. She 
was the daughter of Israel Clark, who enlisted in 1775. He was a pen- 
sioner in Richland Township, Marion County, Ohio. In 1843 Elizabeth 
married John Little, who died in Hardin, Ohio. February 2, 1891. 

61,447, Mrs. Mary Ann Allison Rishel, Bellefonte, Pa. Bellefonte 
Chapter. Born 1821, in Pennsylvania; living 1911. \Vife of George 
Rishel. Daught-er of Matthew Allison, of Pennsylvania, and Sarah C. 
Bane, his third wife. Matthew Allison was born in Ireland, 1750, and 
he and his brother Archibald emigrated to Pennsylvania before the 
Revolution, both taking an active part in the struggle. Matthew served 
as ranger of the frontiers, 1778- 1783. Mrs. Rishel was born at Cedar 
Springs, in Lamar Township, then in Centre County, 1821. Her half- 
brother, Samuel Allison, served in the War of 1812, and her only son, 
Matthew Rishel, in the Civil War. Mrs. Rishel has long been a member 
of the Methodist Church, and for many years taught a class in Sunday 
school 

61,830. Mrs. Catharine A. Gardner, Kenilworth, 111. Chicago Chap- 
ter. Born in North Adams, Mass.. 1815; died 1908. Wife of Lewis 
Gardner. Daughter of Ebenezer Alden, of Massachusetts, and Catharine 
Llizabeth Rogers, his wife. Ebenezer Alden (1759- 1835) joined the 
American army at the Lexington Alarm, 1775. when sixteen years old, 
and enlisted for three years. He served with Washington at Valley 
Forge, and was among those reported sick from its terrible privations. 
In 1801 he married Catharine Elizabeth Rogers, who died in 1841. He 
was at the time of his death in receipt of a pension, which was continued 
to his widow. His daughter. Catharine, was married, tirst, to George 
Pratt; second, to Lewis Gardner, who died about 1887. Mrs. Gardner 
died December 5, 1908. at the home of her daughter. 

61,991. Mrs. Sally McCarn Seeber, Waucoma, Iowa. Waucoma 
Cliai)ter. Wife of Christo})her Seeber. Born in Canajoharie. N. Y.. 1813. 
Mrs. Seeber is a great-grandniece of General Nicholas lierkimer, her 
great-grandmother being Mrs. Alida Dygert, his sister. 

62,092. Mrs. Salome S. Sellers, Deer Island, Maine. Deborah Samp- 
son Chapter. Brockton, Mass. Died T909. aged 108. Wife of Joseph 
Sellers (married 1830). Daughter of Edmund Sylvester and Deborah 
Cushman, his wife (m. 1784). Captain Sylvester, as a boy. followed the 
sea with his father, also a sea captain. He. Edmund, served as a soldier 
in the Revolution, receiving as pay too acres of land in the northern 
part of Deer Isle. Here he spent the remainder of his life, dying in' 
1828. His wife died soon after. Their daughter Salome was the last 
of eight children. Mrs. Sellers remembered many events of the War of 
1812, when British Privateers scourged the coast of Maine. At the time 
of her death, she had been a member of the Baptist Church for ninety- 
five years. 

62,190. Mrs. Almira Margaret L. Zimmerman, Saginaw, Mich. 
Saginaw Chai)ter. Born in Canada, 1832; died 1911. Wife of Alonzo 



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Zimmeinian. Daughter of Levi Lawrence, of Xew York and Vermont, 
and Mary Miller, his second wife (m. 1814). Levi Lawrence (1766-1838) 
was born in Athol, Mass. ; died in Ontario, Canada. At the age of fifteen 
he enlisted in X'ermont, under Col. Samuel Fletcher, and served 1781-82. 
In 1833. received a pension in New York vState. Almira was the young- 
est child of the second wife ; was married to Alonzo Zimmerman, 1850, 
and removed with him to Saginaw. Mich. Mrs. Zimmerman's father is 
described as a "great meeting man." She was a life-long member of the 
Methodist Church. Her father had always been a friend of the Indians 
and held meetings with them, as well as with the white people. 

62,453. Mrs. Iley Lawson Hill, Lakeport. Cal. Joseph Spencer 
Chapter. Ohio. Born in Adams County, Ohio, May 5, 1808: living 1911. 
Wife of • Daughter of James Lawson 

(1760- ). James Lawson enlisted. 1777, in Hampshire County, Va. 
Later served against the Indians under Colonel Darke. Was a pensioner 
in Greenburg, Greenup County. Ky.. near hi.s home, "The Lawson Set- 
tlement.*' w^here he is buried." Mrs. Hill celebrated her one hundredth 
birthday May 5. 1908, at her h<3me, in Lakeport, Cal. The people of 
the neighborhood presented her with a plate containing 100 silver dollars. 
Mrs. Hill was recently enfranchised. 

62,579. Mrs. Harriet Lucinda Perry Ellis. Winchenden, Mass. Pru- 
dence Wright Chapter. Born in Vermont. 1823. W^ife of Daniel Ellis. 
Daughter of Micah Perry, of Massachusetts, and Susannah W'oodbury. 
his second wife (born 178(1: died 188O. Micah Perry (1760-1839) en- 
listed at Lynn, Mass., 1778. He, with his friend. Jonathan Woodbury, 
had. as lads, fought in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. Later 
they acted as aides to Washington. He is said to have taught them to 
write, using birch l)ark instead of pai)er. Long after the war, Micah 
Perry married his second wife, Susannah, daughter of his friend. Jonathan 
W'oodbury. Susannah was thirty-seven years younger than her hus- 
band. Mrs. Ellis was a younger child. She was married to Daniel 
Ellis, Jr., in 1850. 

62,626. Mrs. Mervin Bloomsburg Brown. Wilmington, Del. Wife 
of H. Pierce Brown. 

63,479. Mrs. Catharine Beatty Cox, Des Moines, Iowa. Abigail 
Adams Chapter. Born October 6, 1823; living 191 1. Wife of Henry 
Cox. Daughter of Capt. Andrew Beatty, of Pennsylvanja, and Judith 
Carter, his wife. Capt. Andrew Beatty served in the Cumberland County 
(Pennsylvania) Militia, 1780-81. He resided in Rye Township, which 
is now in Perry County. His wife belonged to the fam.ous Carter family 
of Fairfax County. Virginia, and came down in the line of Robert, called 
"King Carter." frt^n his regal way of living. Mrs. Cox celebrated her 
eighty-eighth birthday October 6, 191 1, at Long Beach, California, with 
four of her children. She has since returned to Des Moines. 

63,725. Miss Cordelia C. Loomis, Geneva, N. Y. Seneca Chapter. 
Born . Daughter of 



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64>iio. Mrs. Rebecca Montgonierv Hall, \\'arren. Maine. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter, Mass. Died 1909, aged 96. Wife of 
Daughter of Jphn Montgomery, of Maine, and Julia Ann Howard, his 
wife. John Montgomery was eleven years and nine months old when 
the Revolutionary War broke out. He offered his services to General 
Peleg W^adsworth, commander of a company of 365 men, who had vol- 
unteered for sea coast defense. John was accepted as messenger in)y\ 
and he often went on long distances throngh the wilds, when brave men 
were driven back by British privateers. Mrs. Hall was one of ten 
children. She had two brothers living, George, aged 102, and Percy, 
aged 91. 

64,265. Mrs. Climenia Gage, Bufifalo, New York. Bufifalo Chapter. 
Born 1808; died 1908. Wife of Sullivan Gage. Daughter of Clark Stone, 
of Massachusetts, and Chloe Kelley, his wife. Clark Stone, of Sutton, 
was among those mustered by Muster Master Newhall, of Worcester 
County, Col. J. Wesson's Regiment, Capt. Blanchard's Company, May 
21, 1777; also private in Capt. John Blanchard's Company; also in 
Capt. Abijah Burbank's Company, Col. Jacob David's Regiment. 
Marched July 30, 1780, to Rhode Island Alarm ; discharged August 7, 
1780. Climenia. daughter of Clark Stone, was born in the town of 
Wendell, County of Franklin, Massachusetts. 

66,439, Mrs. Euphrasia Smith Granger, Waterloo, Wis. Sophie de 
Marsac Campau Chapter, Michigan. Born in New York, 1825; living 
191 1. Wife of James G. Granger. Daughter of Ebenezer Smith, of 
Massachusetts, and Sallie Aplin, his third wife (m. 181 1). Ebenezer 
Smith (1760-1844) entered the Revolutionary Army when sixteen years 
old. Served under Capt. Nathan Randall Black, Col. Thomas Marshall 
Chaplain, from Massachusetts. Ebenezer had three older brothers, 
Abner, Daniel and Joel, who also served. After the war, Ebenezer Smith 
settled in Ontario County, N. Y., where he married his third wife, and 
where his youngest child, Euphrasia, was born. In 1846 Euphrasia was 
married to James Granger, and went with him to Grand Rapids, 
Mich. Mrs. Granger is still in active life. She has served two years 
as the Regent's alternate at the Continental Congress in Wash- 
ington, and in 1910 she represented the Sophie de Marsac Campau Chap- 
ter as delegate. She presented to the Michigan room in Continental 
Hall a mahogany file case cts a gift from ner father's estate. 

66,832. Mrs. Elizabeth Chambers, Columbus, Ohio. Columbus 
Chapter. Born in Bridgeport. Ohio, 1829; living 191 1. W^ife of William 
Chambers. Daughter of Najhaniel Smith, of New Jersey (born 17641, 
and Catherine Porter, his second wife. Nathaniel Smith served during 
the last two years of the Revolutionary War, 1782, 1783. His father, 
Charles Smith, Sr., and his elder brother, Charles Smith, Jr., also served, 
1776-1783, and Nathan himself served, too, in the War of 1812. In 17S0, 
Nathaniel Smith and another boy were captured by Tories and taken 
to the British camp. The boys stole the Tories' guns and escaped. The 



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next year, wlien eighteen, Nathaniel shouldered a gun himself and went 
to the front. After the war he went to Ohio, where, at Bridgeport, he 
married his second wife. Mrs. Chamhers was born when -lier father was 
sixty-five years of age. 

67,743. Mrs. Mary J. P. Stockbridge, Haverhill, Mass. Deborah 
Sampson Chapter. Died 1909, aged 95. Wifi of 
Daughter of 

67,455. Mrs. Matilda C. Read Spence-. Providence, R. I. Gaspee 
Chapter. Born 1813. Wife of . Daughter of George 

Read, of Rhode Island, and Catharine, his wife. 

67,659. Mrs. Nancy H. McKenny, Danvers, Mass. Tsrael Pufnam 
Chapter. P>orn 1823. Wife of Sherburne McKenny. Daughier of Oliver 
Hartwell, of Massachusetts, and Keziah Matthews, his second wife. 
Oliver Hartwell (1761-1854) was born in Gaston, Mass.; died in Thomas- 
ton, Maine. Served in Lieut. Aquila Jewett's Company, Lexington 
Alarm 1775. Served also under Col. Loammi Baldwin, Capt. Samuel 
Patch, in Continental Army. Served three years in all. Mrs. McKenny 
was the youngest child of the second wife. 

68,130. Mrs. Rebecca C. D. Keene, Pauling, N. Y. Deborah Samp- 
son Chapter, Mass. Born . Wife of Daniel B. Keene. 
Daughter of 

68,399. Mrs. Harriet Buell Woods Dodge, Montpelier, Vt. Mar- 
quis de Lafayette Chapter. Born . Wife of Theodore A. 
Dodge. Daughter of Samuel Woods, of Massachusetts, and Mary Peters, 
his wife. 

68,445. Mrs. Wealtha P. Lynde, Southington. Conn. Hannah 
Woodruff Chapter. Born ; living 1911. Wife of Duane 

M. Lynde. Daughter of 

68,674. Mrs. Rebecca E. W. Brooks, \'incennes, Ind. 
Chapter. Born . Wife of Biven Brooks. Daughter 

of 

69,048. Mrs. Minerva B. Bovay. Big Rapids, Mich. Big Rapids 
Chapter. Born in Canada. 1825. Wife of John Bovay. Daugh- 
ter of Francis Blake, of France and New Hampshire, and Susan 
Wanamaker, his wife. Francis Blake, a Frenchman, came to this coun- 
try without friends or kindred in 1775 and joined the army soon after liis 
arrival; serving as a private in the New Hampshire troops. Mrs. Bovay 
is a sister of Mrs. Maria B. Ringleka, of Galesburg. 111.. National Number. 
52.517. Mrs. Bovay died August 9. 1909. 

69,165. Mrs. Laura H. Stewart Sherman, Campello. Mass. De- 
borah Sampson Chapter. Born . Wife 
of . Daughter of Reside^ 
at Pauling, N. Y. 

70,107. Mrs. Mary C. Hoyt. Binghamton. New York. Tuscarora 
(Miapter. Born at Smithville, Chenango County, N. Y., January 19, 
1822; died December 17, 191 1, at Greene, N. Y. W^ife of Henry Hoyt. 



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Daughter of Thomas ShatUick (1752-1835), and Ruth Strickland Wells, 
his wife (1777-1864). Thomas Shattuck enlisted as a private in Capt. 
Samuel Flower's Regiment, under Col. John Greaton, Massachusetts, 
July, 1779. Served nine months. Again enlisted, 1781, and served as 
Sergeant in Col. Marinus Willett's New York Regiment. Thomas Shat- 
tuck lived to receive a pension. He married Ruth Strickland Wells at 
Greene, N. Y., about 1820. She was allowed a pension on an application 
executed March 16, 1853. while a resident of Vernon, Oneida County, 
N. Y., aged yj years. Mrs. Shattuck died at Westerly, Rhode Island, 
April 2^, 1864. A large familv of Shattucks served in the Revolutionary 
W ar. 

70,421. Mrs. Helen M. Allen Sloan. Jersey Shore, Pa. Lycoming 
Chapter. Willianis])ort. Pa. Born in New York, 1814, at Oneida Castle. 
Wife of Thomas Sloan. Daughter of Jacob Allen, of Massachusetts 
(1755-1840). Jacob Allen enlisted at Taunton, Mass.. 1775: served under 
dififerent commands till the end of the war; was at Saratoga. L( -<' 
Island. Monmouth and Fort Washington. He was captured by the 
British at Croton River, October 17. 1781. and confined for nine months 
in the old "Sugar House" prison. New York City. After the war he 
removed to New York State; died at Lincklean Centre. Mrs. Sloan was 
for many years an active member of the Presbyterian Church. 

70,500. Mrs. Delano P. Monroe, Providence, R. I. Born : 

died 1909. Wife of Philip A. Monroe. Daughter of Isaac Pierce, of 
Massachusetts, and Polly Bowen, his wife. Isaac Pierce served in Capt. 
Ide's company. Col. Carpenter's regiment, 1779; served in Rhode Island 
under Capt. Samuel F"isher. 1779. Mrs. Monroe was the mother of 
Addison P. Monroe, State Senator. Rhode Island, 191 1. 

70,704. Mrs. F'dythe vSargent Zerkles. Morgantown. W. Va. John 
Chenowith Chapter. Born 1833: living 191 1. Wife of John Zerkles. 
Daughter of Jeremiah Sargent, of , and , 

his second wife. Jeremiah Sarg-ent, a soldier of the Revolution, was 
wounded at his first battle, but lived to be 99 years old. Edythe was 
the voungcst child of the second wife, and was married to John Zerkles, 
1853- 

70,978. Mrs. Sarah Van Eps Harvey, Marquette. Mich. Marquette 
Chapter. Born in New York. 1838; living 191 1. Wife of C. T. Harvey. 
Daughter of Abraliam Van Eps. of New York, and Sarah M. Underbill, 
his second wife (m. 1829). Abraham Van Eps (1762-1844) was born in 
Schenectady. N. Y.. and entered the Revolution when under twenty 
years of age. After the war he engaged in the fur trade with the Indians. 
He founded the town of Vernon. N. Y.. and gave the ground for the 
first Presbyterian Church. In 1829 he married Miss Underbill, principal 
of "The Hive." at Skaneateles. Cayuga County. N. Y.. the first boarding 
school for young ladies established in Western New York. Sarah, born 
1838, was the youngest child. In 1858 she married the distinguished 



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civil engineer, C. T. Harvey, who cotistnicted the "Sault Sle. IVlarie 
Ship Canal," and who introduced elevated railways into New York. 

71,009. Mrs. Amanda Ward Northrup, Saratoga Springs, New York, 
Saratoga Chapter. Born 1831 ; living 191 1. Wife of George Northrup. 
Daughter of Benjamin Ward, of Massachusetts, and Ada Lunnun, his 
wife. Benjamin Ward belonged to the same family as General Artemus 
Ward and Colonel Joseph Ward. Benjamin served in Col. Elisha Por- 
ter's Regiment, 1777-/8; was under General Gates at Saratoga. Served 
also in 1779-80. Was in the Hampshire County Regiments. Residence, 
Belcherton. Benjamin Ward is described in 1780 as being 17 years old: 
5 feet 6 inches in stature: dark complexion. Ada Lunnun was the 
maiden name of his wife, but at the time of their marriage she was the 
widow of Alfred Bump. Amanda, daughter of Benjamin and Ada Ward, 
was born in Hebron, Washington County. N. Y., May 13, 1831. The 
Wards in America are descended from William Ward, of Ludbury, 1639. 
The family were prominent in the Indian wars. 

72,067. Cinderella W. Johnson Catlin, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Chapter. Born : living 191 1. Wife of Edwin R. Catlin. 

Daughter of 

72,286. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth M. McGill, Pine Blufif, Arkansas. 
John McAlmont Chapter. Born in South Carolina, 1825. Wife of Minto 
Witherspoon McGill. Daughter of AVilliam Mcintosh, of South Carolina, 
and Elizabeth Herrington, his third wife (m. 1807). Mrs. McGill is 
living 1911. William Mcintosh (1764-1843) was born in Sumter County, 
S. C. At the age of sixteen he left the school room to join "Marion's 
Men." He participated in the battle of Eutaw Sjirings. For more than 
twenty years he was a ruling elder in the "Midway" Presbyterian Church. 
Sarah, his youngest daughter, was married in 1848 to M. W. McGill, 
and in 1857 moved to Arkansas with the pioneers. In 189^ Mr. and 
Mrs. McGill celebrated their golden wedding. 

72,417. Mrs. Sarah Ford Copley, Binghamton. N. Y. Tuscarora 
Chapter. Born in Bainbridge, Chemung County, N. Y., August 16, 181 2. 

]3aughter of Eli Seeley (1764-1850), and Lyon, his wife (1770- 

1821). Eli Seeley enlisted in the spring of 1778. and served two years 
as a private under Capt. Jacob Vermil3-ea. Also as Corporal under Mar- 
cus Moreman. and Col. Thomas Thomas, of the Westchester County 
Militia. Second New York Regiment. Enlisted at Bedford, N. Y. Eli 
Seeley applied for a pension at Bainbridge, October 17, 1822: it was 
allowed until his death, September 20, 1850. His wife was born at Bed- 
ford, N. Y. His daughter, Sarah, was the wife of Nathaniel Copley. She 
died April 24, 1^09. Eli Seeley belonged to a family of patriots. 

72,587. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Cobb, Springfield, Vt. General Lewis 
Morris Chapter. Born 1822, in Vermont: living 1911. W'ife of Samuel 
H. Cobb. Daughter of Silas vSears. of Massachusetts, and Betsey New- 
ton, his wife. Silas Sears, of Rochester, Plymouth County, Mass.. en- 
listed 1778-79; again in 1780 and again in 1781, serving until 1782. After 



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the war he settled in AVeathersfield, \ t., where he married Miss New- 
ton. He died 1838, and a pension was granted to his widow. Elizabeth 
Sears when fourteen years old was married to Samuel Hinckley Cobb, of 
Springfield, Vt., 1836. Silas Sears saw real service as a patriot at 
Uergen, N. J. 

74,215. Mrs. Hannah Mcintosh Cady, Monterey, Allegan County, 
Mich. Allegan Chapter (organized Flag Day. June 14, 1909). Born 
1808; died 1910. Wife of Peter Cady. Daughter of Pasquale Paola 
Mcintosh and Abi Clark. Pasquale Paola Mcintosh, of Scotch descent, 
was born in Boston. His father, Ebenezer Mcintosh, was one of the 
"Boston Tea Party." P. P. Mcintosh, at the age of sixteen, while raft- 
ing on the St. Lawrence, was taken prisoner by the British. He escaped 
by skating across the St. Lawrence River to New York State. He joined 
the Northern army and served in scouting parties. After the war he 
bought a tract of land near Utica ; thence went to Ohio and settled at 
Mantua. His daughter Hannah was married to Peter Cady, 1832, and 
in 1857 went with him and their children to Monterey. Mich. Mr. Cady 
died 1892, aged 92. Mrs. Cady died April 29, 1910, on her I02d birthday 
Since her death, Allegan Chapter's name has been changed to the "Han- 
nah Mcintosh Cady Chapter.'' 

74,692. Mrs. Lavinia C. Porter Crofut, New Haven, Conn. Mary 
Wooster Chapter, Born ; living 191 1. Wife of Horace 

Crofut. Daughter of 

75,641. Mrs. Sarah E. Sturtevant. Cleveland. Ohio. Western Re- 
serve Chapter. Born 1823. Wife of Horace Sturtevant. Daughter of 
Thomas Potts, of New York. Westchester County, and Sarah Wicks, his 
second wife. Thomas Potts served in the N. Y. Militia. Mrs. Sturtevant is 
the widow, of a soldier of the Civil War. 

76,774. Mrs. Elizabeth Evans Reese, Bellefonte, Pa. -Bellefonte 
Chapter. Born 1813 : died October 16. 1910. Wife of Christian Reese. 
Daughter of Eleazer Evans, of Pennsylvania, and Christiana Baird, 
his wife. Eleazer Evans served in Captain Hallman's Company. Ches- 
ter County Militia, 1781-3. After the war he came to Centre Furnace, 
established in 1792 by Colonels Miles and Patton. Elizabeth, daughter 
of Eleazer Evans, was born 1813, the youngest of nine children At the 
age of nineteen she married Christian Reese: lives on a tract of land 
cleared by her husband seventy-five years ago. 

79»403- Mrs. Emmaline Edmonds Walton. Hastings, Mich. Born 
1834; died August, 191 1. Emily Virginia Mason Chapter. Wife of 
Henry W. Walton. Daughter of Peter Edmonds, of Pennsylvania 
(1760-1854). and his third wife, Martha Anstrew Bechtel (1790-1879). 
married 1832. Peter Edmonds was born in Pennsylvania; died in Wayne 
County. Ohio. He is buried in the Warner Cemetery, near Wooster, 
r)hio. He served in Capt. W^illiam Meyer's company. Sixth Battalion, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania Militia, under Col. Nicholas Kern. 
Received a land grant for his services. Mr. Edmonds married :i widow 



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for his third wife. His daughter Emmaline was born when he was 73 
years old. Mrs. Walton was married when she was 18 and has fifteen 
children. Her husband survives her. At the time of her death she was 
a member of the Evangelical Church, and of the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union. 

81,610. Mrs. Emily Sayre Welter, Hastings, Mich. Emily Virginia 
Mason Chapter. Born October 30. 1818; living 191 1. Wife of Jacob 
Welter. Daughter of Nathan Sayre (1748-1841) and Abigail Hoxton 
(1777-1817), his wife. Nathan Sayre was born in Elizabethtown, N. J. 
He enlisted November 1775, and served under Captains W^isner, Edsall, 
Thomas Mofifat, William Crane and Obadiah Meeker. Also under Colo- 
nels Isaac Nicoll and Hathorn. Nathan Sayre was sergeant and lieu- 
tenant. He was a pensioner when he died. 

81,628. Mrs. Julia Ann Demaray, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sophie de 
Marsac Campau Chapter. Born 1840, a twin. W^ife of Calvin Demaray. 
Daughter of John Peter Frank, a Revolutionary soldier (born 1759; 
died 1854). Mrs. Demaray is living, 191 1. On October 24, 1910. she 
and her sister, Mrs. Russell, celebrated their seventieth birthday. John 
Peter Frank entered the Revolutionary army at the age of 22. When 
78 years old he married a young wife. The twins, Elizabeth and Julia, 
were born when their father was 81 years of age. 

81,634. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Russell, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sophie 
de Marsac Campau Chapter. Born 1840, a twin. Wife of Robinson 
Russell. Daughter of John Peter Frank (i 759-1854). Mrs. Russell is 
living, 191 1, a twin sister of Mrs. Julia Ann Frank Demaray. Both sis- 
ters have large families. 

81,724. Mrs. Margaret Gibson Martin, West Middlesex, Mercer Coun- 
ty, Ph. Washington County Chapter. Washington, Pa. Born 1824 ; died 
July 17, 191 1. Wife of William Martin. Daughter of Gideon Gibson, of 
Bedford, County, Pa., a frontier ranger, who served at Moore's Fort under 
Capt. ]\!oore, guarding the frontier from Indians in 1770-80-81. 

82.865. Mrs. Abigail Strong, P'redonia, New York. Benjamin Pres 
cott Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Daughter of Isaac Kugg. 
and Abigail Skinner, his third wife. Isaac Rugg was born in Greenwich. 
Mass.; died in Perrysburg, N. Y. Pension House records state that he 
enlisted at Whitingham, Windsor County, Vermont, March or April, 
1781, under Captain Vish, Col. Samuel Fletcher; service, nine months; 
March, 1782, Captain Boyden, Colonel Gideon Brownson ; served nine 
months. Mrs. Abigail Strong is a sister of Mrs. Almira Leonard, Na- 
tional Number, 82,866. 

82.866. Mrs. Almira Leonard, Fredonia, New York. Benjamin 
Prescott C hapter. Born ; living 191 1. W^ife of Henry Leonard. 
Daughter of .Isaac Rugg, and Abigail Skinner, his third wife. Mrs. 
Almira Leonard is a sister of Mrs. Abigail Strong, National Number, 
82,865. 



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83,863. Mrs. Harriet Somers Lake, Atlantic City, N. J. 
Chapter. Born ; livino^ 191 1. Wife of Simon Lake. Dau^jh- 

ter of 

84,281. Mrs. Hannah Maria Brown Howard, Rochester. N. Y. 
Chapter. Born ; livinji^ 191 r. Wife 

of . Daug^hter of 

85,822. Miss Evaline Clifton, Springfield, Missouri. Rachel Don- 
elson Chapter. Born in Wake County, N. C, March 22. 1816; living 
191 1. Daughter of Nathan Clifton, of North Carolina, and Elizabeth 
Davis, his wife. The family moved to Tennessee in 1820, and to Missouri 
in 1840. Nathan Clifton died March 8, 1864, aged 104. Lie was buried 
with military honors, and the old flintlock musket, which he had carried 
during the Revolutionary War, was used in firing the salute. 

85,829. Mrs. Caroline Lois Johnson, Hastings, Neb. 
Chapter. Born ; living 191 1. Wife of W'illiam Johnson. 

Daughter of 

86,594. Mrs. Phebe Lemon Hungate, Riverside, Cal. John \\ allace 
Chapter, Bedford, Ind. Born in Bono, Lawrence County, Ind., July 28, 
1829; living 1911. Wife of Rev. James De Pauw Hungate. Daughter 
of Matthias Lemon, of Pennsylvania, and the widow, Mrs. Mary Stewart 
Hunnell, his second wife (married in Lawrence County, Ind., 1820). 
Matthias Lemon was born in Lancaster County, Pa., 1762; died in Green 
(\junty, Ind., 1841. He enlisted at Sunbury, Northumberland County, 
1778, in Captain Geddis's Company, and served as a "Ranger on the 
Frontiers." In 1779, re-enlisted at Northumberland, Pa. : also served in 
New York Militia during the War of 181 2. Mrs. Hungate was the 
youngest of three children. She married the Rev. James De Pauw Hun- 
gate (1856) and shared all the hardships of the life of a pioneer minister, 
and missionary to the Indians of Oregon. Mr. Hungate died in Cali- 
fornia several years ago. Mrs. Hungate is an Honorary Member of 
Ri\erside Chapter. She was recently enfranchised. 

87,225. Mrs. Sarah M. Bishop Carl. Bufifalo. N. Y. Buffalo Chapter. 
Born in Stafford, N. Y., 1827; living 191 1. Wife of David Carl. Daugh- 
ter of Isaac Bishop (b. 1758), and Sally Lockwood, his second wife (b. 
1780; m. 1800; d. 1848). Isaac Bishop was a pensioner in Genesee 
County, N. Y. He died 1845. Lived for a time in Columbia County, 
N. Y. Mrs. Carl is the youngest child of the second wife. She, Mrs. 
Carl, resides at Sanborn, Niagara County, N. Y. 

87,284. Mrs. Lucinda Hershey, Wayside, Nebraska. Fort Kearney 
Chapter. Born June 29, 1817; living 191 1. W^ife of J. M. Hershey. 
Daughter of Joseph Sippey and Lucretia Johnson, his wife. Joseph 
Sippey was born near St. Croix, France, and came to America with 
(_^ount D'Estaing in the French fleet. W^as taken sick and left in a farm- 
house in Virginia. Married at Fredericksburg, Ya., Lucretia Johnson, 
of Scotch descent. They had eighteen children. Mrs. Hershey being the 
V(jungest. Siie was born at Mount Jackson, Beaver County. Pa. The 



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family moved to Medina County, Ohio, where, in 1832, Lucinda married 
Starling Crosby. Later, she moved to Indiana, Iowa and Illinois. Mr. 
Crosby died in Knoxville, Iowa, in 1853. ^^^^ widow married Mr, Her- 
shey in Monmouth, 111. Mrs. Hershey resides with her daughter and 
granddaughter at Wayside, Neb. She has seven grandchildren and two 
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hershey joined the Methodist Church at the 
age of twelve. She well remembers hearing her mother and grandmother 
speak of seeing General Washington. 

87,360. Mrs. Sarah Sanford Campbell, Washington, D. C. Major 
1/ Enfant Chapter. Born 1827; living 191 1. Wife of John Steward 
Campbell. Daughter of John M. Sanford, of New York, and Sarah Race, 
his second wife. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford were both of English parentage. 
John M. Sanford served throughout the Revolutionary War as a private, 
and as Lieutenant and Captain in the War of 1812. Captain Sanford 
was the first to build on the picturesque Round Top, overlooking the 
Hudson River, His wife, Sarah, then a girl, danced with Lafayette at a 
ball in New York in 1824. Sarah Sanford was born in Utica, N.Y., Sep- 
tember II, 1826, In the 40's she married Henry Richardson, of Rochester, 
N. Y. They had two children. In 1855 she married her second husband, 
John Campbell. Mr. Campbell died in 1881, since which time Mrs. 
Campbell has resided in Washington. She is a member of the Baptist 
Church. 

88,630. Mrs. Sarah Stringer, Elvins, Missouri. Wife of (ieorge 
Stringer. 



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Mrs. Mildred Greene, La Grange, Ga. Susannali Elliott Chajjter. 
Her father was intimate with the Washing-ton family, and she was named 
after Mildred Washington. 

Miss Bessie Gale, memher of General John Swift Chapter, died Jnne, 
1899, aged 83 years, 11 months. 

Mrs. Mary E. Painter, Philadelphia Chapter. Born 1818. Wife 
of . Dangliter of 

Miss Margaretta Gardner, Indiana County, Pa. Pittsburgh Chap- 
ter. Daughter of Col. James Gardner and Mary Cutler, his wife. James 
Gardner was born in Ireland and came to Philadelphia before the Rev- 
olution. Enlisted in Philadelphia, and fought at Princeton and York- 
town. In 1796 he settled in Indiana County, Pa., where he married 
Mary, daughter of W^illiam Cutler. 

Mrs. Katura Henry, New Albany. Indiana. Plankishaw Chapter. 
BorniSii; . Wife of . Daughter 

of Henry Beard. Ilenry Beard came from Germany to escape army 
service. He enlisted on landing in Philadelphia and served throughout 
the war. He died about 1849 near New Lisbon, C)hio. See "Eleventh 
Smithsonian Report, D. A. R.," page 89. 

MVs. Clarissa Sherill, New Albany, Ind. Plankishaw Chapter. 
Daughter of John Purkhiser. John Purkhiser is buried in Eairview Cem- 
etery, New Albany, Ind. 

Mrs. Phebe Jackson Clark Robinson, Washington. D. C. Consti- 
tution Chapter. Born . Wife of 
Daughter of 

Mrs. Susanna Loose. Seward. Neb. Margaret Holmes Chapter. 

Mrs. Buckley. Clinton Chapter, Towa. Died iqo6. 

Mrs. Martha Jane Bolt. Catechee Chapter. Born November 29. 
1837. Wife of ' Bolt. Daughter of Matthew Clark (1751-T841), 

of Virginia, and Jane Morris, his second wife. Matthew Clark en- 
listed at the age of sixteen from Goochland County. Va. He had two 
brothers who also served. After the w'ar he went to .A^nderson County, 
S. C, where he married his second wife. Their two daughters. Martha 
Jane and Mary Matilda, married l)^others named Bolt, and reside on 
farms. 

Mrs. Mary Matilda Bolt. Catechee Cliapter. Born February 2. 
1841. Wife of Bolt, Daughter of Matthew Clark (1751- 



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1841), of Virginia, and Jane Morris, his second wife. 

Mrs. Anna Benton, North CaroHna. Sister of Mrs. Polly File, of 
Jacksonville, Ala., and admitted to the National Society, D. A. R.. on the 
same record. Daughter of Col. John Armstrong, of North Carolina 
(died 1850), and Mary (Polly), his wife. 

Mrs. Lucv Peck Christy, Medina, Ohio. Born January 18. 1809: 
died at Medina, C^hio, August 28, 1901. Wife of Henry Christy. Daugh- 
ter of Hiram Peck and Welthy Kilburn. ni Waterbury. Vt. Iliram Peck 
enlisted at sixteen in the Revolutionary War. Was also a colonel in 
the War of j8t2. As a child Airs. Christy heard the cannonade on Lake 
C'hamplain. during the latter conllict. At seventeen she married Henry 
Christy, of Castleton. \'t. In 1834, went with her husband to Medina. 
Ohio, where Mr. Christy died in 1869. The}- had seven children. Mrs. 
Christy was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for fifty years a 
tcSdier in the Sunday school. 

Miss Lavinia Broadus, Charleston. W. \'a. Born 1816. Daughter 
•I Lieut. William Broadus and Catharine Wigginton Slaughter, his 
wife. \\'illiam Broadus entered the army in 1776 and in 1778 was ap- 
pointed lieutenant in Capt. Charles Ewall's company. He was in the 
battle of Monmouth, and under General Wayne at the storming of Stony 
Point: remained in service until the close of the war. Miss Lavinia 
Broadus was his youngest daughter. Her great-grandniece, Miss Kath- 
arine Barker Storm, was a member of Dolly Madison Chapter, Wash- 
ington, D. C. See "Lineage Book." Vol. HL, National Number, 2526. 

Mrs. Maria W'akelee. Died January 27. 1902, aged 84. Widow 
of Stiles W^akelee. Daughter of Eli Mitchell, a Revolutionary pensioner. 

Mrs. Harriet de Forest Bell, New York. Born 1825. Daughter 
of Derick de Forest and Elizabeth Allen, his wife. Derick de Forest, of 
Albany. N. Y.. served as sergeant, then lieutenant, in the Third Regi- 
ment, Albany County Militia, in Capt. Jacob J. Lansing's company, under 
Colonel Philip Schuyler. Derick is buried at Bath, near Albany, and 
his grave is marked. His wife, Elizabeth, was also of Albany. Thci' 
daughter Harriet is the last survivor of eleven children. 

Mrs. Hutchinson. 



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